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PZ10.7.M456 1991
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TITLE:
The story of numbers : how mathematics has shaped civilization / John McLeish.
AUTHOR:
McLeish, John
PUBLISHED:
New York : Fawcett Columbine, c1991.
DESCRIPTION:
266 p : ill.; 26 cm.
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Includes index.
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Bibliography p.: 253-256.
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The story of numbers explores the history of mathematics to trace the rise of various number systems in cultures from Mesopotamia to the modern computer era. John McLeish reveals how these number systems in turn have shaped the cultures that devised them.
SUBJECT:
Numeration--Number system--Juvenile literature.
SUBJECT:
Number systems.
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