Ifrah, Georges.

The universal history of numbers : from prehistory to the invention of the computer / Numbers. Georges Ifrah ; translated from the French by David Bellos... [et al.]. - London : Harvill Press, 2000. - 3 v. : ill. ; 23 x 24 cm.

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.

186046324X (set : pbk.) 1860467903 (pbk.: v.1) 1860467911 (pbk.: v.2) 1860467385 (pbk.: v.3)


Numeration--History.
Numerals--History.
Number concept --History.
Calculators--History.
Computers--History.

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