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Number: The Language of Science
Number The Language of Science
Author: Tobias Dantzig, Joseph Mazur
Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by “trying and erring...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780452288119
ISBN-10: 0452288118
Publication Date: 1/30/2007
Pages: 416
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Plume
Book Type: Paperback
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