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396 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780131856271
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Pi Press
Publication date: Not specified
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From the rudimentary mathematical abilities of prehistoric man to bizarre ideas at the edges of modern math, here is the story of mathematics through the history of its most central concept: number. Dantzig demonstrates that the evolution of numbe...
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396 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780131856271
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Pi Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
From the rudimentary mathematical abilities of prehistoric man to bizarre ideas at the edges of modern math, here is the story of mathematics through the history of its most central concept: number. Dantzig demonstrates that the evolution of numbe...