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Hardcover:
9780805238471 | Schocken Books, June 1, 1983, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of counting, numeral systems, and arithmetic from ancient times to the present and discusses the development of methods of calculating with numbers
Paperback:
9780486421650 | Dover Pubns, May 9, 2002, cover price $15.95
Paperback:
9780486419619 | Dover Pubns, September 4, 2001, cover price $15.95
The material of this book originally formed part of the Open University course AM289 History of Mathematics. The book deals with the evolution of the concept of "number", with the representation of numbers by words and symbols and with the basic methods of calculation which have developed from ancient times to the present day. These aspects are of considerable general interest and the text is accessible to the general reader including people who are not mathematically inclined.
Hardcover:
9780333491300 | Sheridan House Inc, November 1, 1989, cover price $45.00
Paperback:
9780333491317 | Sheridan House Inc, October 1, 1989, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The material of this book originally formed part of the Open University course AM289 History of Mathematics.
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