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From Ahmes to Cantor

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Author: Gazalé, Midhat
ISBN:978-0-691-00515-7
Publication Date:Feb 2000
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $97.00
Book Description:

We might take numbers and counting for granted, but we shouldn't. Our number literacy rests upon centuries of human effort, punctuated here and there by strokes of genius. In his successor and companion volume to Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals, Midhat Gazalé takes us on a journey from the ancient worlds of the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Mayas, the Greeks, the Hindus, up to the Arab invasion of Europe and the Renaissance. Our guide introduces us to some of the most...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Mathematics / Counting & Numeration
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 2.743 cm
Book Weight:0.625 Kilograms



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