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Numbers: Their history and meaning

By:

Flegg, Graham

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Harmondsworth Penguin Books 1983Description: vii, 294 p. cm. Includes indexSubject(s):

Mathematics- Numbers

Other classification:

B13 M3/SC

Summary: Much in our daily lives is defined in numerical terms-from the moment we wake in the morning and look at the clock to dialing a phone or paying a bill. But what exactly is a number? When did man begin to count and record numbers? Who made the first calculating machine-and when? At what point did people first think of solving problems by equations? These and many other questions about numbers are answered in this engrossing, clearly written book.

Item type:

Reference

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	Reference	Ratan Tata Library	Ratan Tata Library			B13 M3/SC (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Not for loan			RT1148206

Much in our daily lives is defined in numerical terms-from the moment we wake in the morning and look at the clock to dialing a phone or paying a bill. But what exactly is a number? When did man begin to count and record numbers? Who made the first calculating machine-and when? At what point did people first think of solving problems by equations? These and many other questions about numbers are answered in this engrossing, clearly written book.

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