The Universal History of Numbers

From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer

• Author(s): Georges Ifrah,
• Publisher: Harvill
• Pages: 633
• ISBN_10: 186046324X
  ISBN_13: 9781860463242
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Mathematics / Arithmetic , Mathematics / Counting & Numeration ,

Description:... The book explores the science of numeration as it has developed all over the world, from Europe to China, via the Classical World, Mesopotamia, South America and, above all, India and the Arab lands.