A Brief History of Numbers

A Brief History of Numbers
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9780198702597
ISBN-13 : 0198702590
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Book Synopsis A Brief History of Numbers by : Leo Corry

Download or read book A Brief History of Numbers written by Leo Corry and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story behind the idea of number, from the Pythagoreans, up until the turn of the 20th century, through Greek, Islamic & European mathematics.


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