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Numbers are one of two creations (the other being the alphabet of the human spirit which have given us today's world. The three volumes of The Universal History of Numbers are probably the first comprehensive history of numbers and of counting from Prehistory to the modern age. They are also the story of how the human race has learnt to think logically. In Volume I, Georges Ifrah leads the reader through the whole art and science of numeration as it has ...
Numbers are one of two creations (the other being the alphabet of the human spirit which have given us today world. The three volumes of The Universal History of Numbers are probably the first comprehensive history of numbers and of counting from Prehistory to the modern age. They are also the story of how the human race has learnt to think logically. In volume II, Georges Ifrah continues the story of the invention of the modern umber-system by telling us how ...
Numbers are one of two creations (the other being the alphabet of the human spirit which have given us today’s world. The three volumes of The Universal History of Numbers are probably the first comprehensive history of numbers and of counting from Prehistory to the modern age. They are also the story of how the human race has learnt to think logically. In Volume III Georges Ifrah has written by far the fullest survey of the birth and growth of informatics, and ...