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Number Words and Number Symbols : A Cultural History of Numbers
Number Words and Number Symbols A Cultural History of Numbers
Author: Karl Menninger
This book is not only a fascinating introduction to the concept of number and to numbers themselves, but a multifaceted linguistic and historical analysis of how numbers have developed and evolved in many different cultures. Drawing on evidence from history, literature, philosophy and ethnology, noted German scholar Karl Menninger recounts the d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780486270968
ISBN-10: 0486270963
Publication Date: 5/5/1992
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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