The universal history of numbers : from prehistory to the invention of the computer / Georges Ifrah ; translated from the French by David Bellos... [et al.].
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TextLanguage: French Publication details: London : Harvill Press, 2000Description: 3 v. : ill. ; 23 x 24 cmISBN: 186046324X (set : pbk.); 1860467903 (pbk.: v.1); 1860467911 (pbk.: v.2); 1860467385 (pbk.: v.3)Other title: NumbersUniform titles: Histoire universelle des chiffres (1994). Subject(s): Numeration -- History | Numerals -- History | Number concept -- History | Calculators -- History | Computers -- HistoryDDC classification: 513.2 LOC classification: QA141
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Contents: Vol. 1, The world's first number-systems - vol. 2, The modern number system - vol. 3, The computer and the information revolution.
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Vols. 1 and 2 of this translation originally published: in 1 vol., 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Vol. 1, The world's first number-systems - vol. 2, The modern number system - vol. 3, The computer and the information revolution.
Translation of: Histoire universelle des chiffres. Paris: Laffont, 1994.
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