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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30642642 Title: The story of numbers Author: John McLeish, Ph. D Publisher: New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1994, ©1991. ISBN/ISSN: 0449909387 : 9780449909386 OCLC:30642642

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The story of numbers

Author:	John McLeish, Ph. D.
Publisher:	New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1994, ©1991.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st Ballantine Books trade pbk. edView all editions and formats
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	John McLeish, Ph. D. Find more information about:
ISBN:	0449909387 : 9780449909386
OCLC Number:	30642642
Notes:	Originally published under the title "Number" in Great Britain : Bloomsbury Pub., 1991, and in the United States by Ballantine Books in 1992. "How mathematics has shaped civilization" -- subtitle on cover. At head of title: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
Description:	266 p. [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Contents:	The language of number -- The Amerindians and number -- Sumeria and Babylon -- Ancient Egypt -- Ancient China -- Ancient Greek fantasies about number -- Ancient Israel -- The Indian love-affair with number -- The Maya -- The Arabs: renaissance of number and science -- Francis Bacon and new directions -- John Napier: the rationalisation of arithmetic -- The Newtonian revolution: the marriage of craftsmanship and scholarship -- Babbage, the great unknown -- Boole and Boolean logic -- Machines which (or who?) think -- The electronic computer -- The nature of scientific change.
Other Titles:	Number
Responsibility:	John McLeish.
More information:	Publisher description

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