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The Universal History of Numbers

From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer

by Georges Ifrah

2000 633 pages eng

A riveting history of counting and calculating from the time of the cave dwellers to the late twentieth century, The Universal History of Numbers is the first complete account of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over. As different cultures around the globe struggled with problems of …

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