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Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers
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This book is not only a fascinating introduction to the number concept and to numbers themselves but also a multifaceted linguistic and historic analysis of how numbers have evolved in many cultures. A noted scholar draws upon evidence from history, literature, philosophy, and ethnology to recount th...  read more
 


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This book is not only a fascinating introduction to the number concept and to numbers themselves but also a multifaceted linguistic and historic analysis of how numbers have evolved in many cultures. A noted scholar draws upon evidence from history, literature, philosophy, and ethnology to recount the oral, written, and symbolic development of numbers. "The historian of mathematics will find much to interest him." — Library Journal.
Reprint of the MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969 edition.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486270963
ISBN 13: 9780486270968
Author/Editor: Karl Menninger
Format: Book
Page Count: 512
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4
Publication date: November 2011
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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