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Universalgeschichte der Zahlen

By Georges Ifrah

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Universalgeschichte der Zahlen

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The universal history of numbers. "The most exciting thing ever written on the theme of numbers - also for maths muffel" (Augsburg General). Where did the numbers come from? How did the first people count? Can you determine quantities without counting? Who discovered the zero "The Big Bang of the Human Spirit")? Why did the medieval church try to prevent the introduction of modern Indian Arabic arithmetic systems at every price? Mathematician Georges Ifrah tells the story of human intelligence as a story of dealing with numbers. In maths lessons he was a hopeless case himself, but the number tricks he learned on the road broke the spell: He started a career as a mathematics in Paris, wrote the first cultural history of numbers so adorable to read that she stood on the French bestselling lists for months. "In world literature, there should be no work that is so detailed and at the same time entertaining about the culture history of counting and the number symbols" (the time).
Product details
Number of Pages:
600
Publication Date:
2010-10-01
Publisher:
Haffmans & Tolkemitt
Languages:
Published: German, Original: German
ISBN10:
3942048310
Weight:
1061 g
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