"Monumental [and] dazzling. A wonderful gift."-Kirkus Reviews"Georges Ifrah is the man, and this book, quite simply, rules...It is outstanding ...a mind-boggling and enriching experience."-Guardian (London)"Monumental ...a fascinating journey taking us through many different cultures."-The Times (London)"Ifrah's book amazes and fascinates by the scope of its scholarship. It is nothing less than the history of the human race told through figures."-International Herald TribuneA riveting history of numbers from the time of the ...
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"Monumental [and] dazzling. A wonderful gift."-Kirkus Reviews"Georges Ifrah is the man, and this book, quite simply, rules...It is outstanding ...a mind-boggling and enriching experience."-Guardian (London)"Monumental ...a fascinating journey taking us through many different cultures."-The Times (London)"Ifrah's book amazes and fascinates by the scope of its scholarship. It is nothing less than the history of the human race told through figures."-International Herald TribuneA riveting history of numbers from the time of the cave dwellers to the twentieth century, this landmark international bestseller is the first complete, universal study of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over. Georges Ifrah brings numbers to thrilling life, explaining their development in human terms, the interesting situations that made them necessary, and the brilliant achievements in human thought that they made possible. The reader is taken through the numbers story from Europe to China, via ancient Greece and Rome, Mesopotamia, Latin America, India, and the Arabic countries. Exploring the many ways civilizations develop
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. Hardcover, large thick oblong quarto size volume bound on black boards lettered in gold on spine and in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 633 pages. With a Bibliography and an Index of Names and Subjects. Translated from the French by David Bellos, E.F. Harding, Sophie Wood and Ian Monk. Profusely illustrated throughout with drawings and figure tables giving examples of ancient numbers and number systems. First edition, second printing. "...the first complete account of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over." Previous owners small name and address label affixed to front free end-paper. Book is tight, clean, and unmarked with no writing or underlining. Dust-jacket is clean and complete with no tears or chips. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust-jacket. Standard shipping only without prior arrangement.
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