The universal history of numbers : from prehistory to the invention of the computer / Georges Ifrah ; translated from the French by David Bellos ... [et al.].
Idioma: Inglés Lenguaje original: Francés Editor: New York : Wiley, 2000-Descripción: xxii, 633 p. : il., mapas ; 22 x 25 cmISBN: 0471393401 (pbk); 0471375683Títulos uniformes: Histoire universelle des chiffres (1994). 1, Aventure des chiffres. Inglés Tema(s): Numeration -- HistoryOtra clasificación: 01A05 (01-01) Recursos en línea: Publisher description | Reseña Bull. A.M.S. (pdf)1. Explaining the origins: ethnological and psychological approaches to the sources of numbers2. Base numbers and the birth of number-systems3. The earliest calculating machine-the hand4. How Cro-Magnon man counted5. Tally sticks: accounting for beginners6. Numbers on strings7. Number, value and money8. Numbers of Sumer9. The enigma of the sexagesimal base10. The development of written numerals in Elam and Mesopotamia11. The decipherment of a five-thousand-year-old system12. How the Sumerians did their sums13. Mesopotamian numbering after the eclipse of Sumer14. The numbers of Ancient Egypt15. Counting in the times of the Cretan and Hittite kings16. Greek and Roman numerals17. Letters and numbers18. The invention of alphabetic numerals19. Other alphabetic number systems20. Magic, mysticism, divination, and other secrets21. The numbers of Chinese civilisation22. The amazing achievements of the Maya23. The final stage of numerical notation24, Part I. Indian civilisation: the cradle of modern numerals24, Part II. Dictionary of the numeral symbols of Indian civilisation25. Indian numerals and calculation in the Islamic world26. The slow progress of Indo-Arabic numerals in Western Europe27. Beyond perfection.
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Traducción de: Histoire universelle des chiffres. Paris : R. Laffont, c1994.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 601-615) e índice.
1. Explaining the origins: ethnological and psychological approaches to the sources of numbers -- 2. Base numbers and the birth of number-systems -- 3. The earliest calculating machine -- -the hand -- 4. How Cro-Magnon man counted -- 5. Tally sticks: accounting for beginners -- 6. Numbers on strings -- 7. Number, value and money -- 8. Numbers of Sumer -- 9. The enigma of the sexagesimal base -- 10. The development of written numerals in Elam and Mesopotamia -- 11. The decipherment of a five-thousand-year-old system -- 12. How the Sumerians did their sums -- 13. Mesopotamian numbering after the eclipse of Sumer -- 14. The numbers of Ancient Egypt -- 15. Counting in the times of the Cretan and Hittite kings -- 16. Greek and Roman numerals -- 17. Letters and numbers -- 18. The invention of alphabetic numerals -- 19. Other alphabetic number systems -- 20. Magic, mysticism, divination, and other secrets -- 21. The numbers of Chinese civilisation -- 22. The amazing achievements of the Maya -- 23. The final stage of numerical notation -- 24, Part I. Indian civilisation: the cradle of modern numerals -- 24, Part II. Dictionary of the numeral symbols of Indian civilisation -- 25. Indian numerals and calculation in the Islamic world -- 26. The slow progress of Indo-Arabic numerals in Western Europe -- 27. Beyond perfection.
MR, 2000j:01006
Bull. A.M.S., v. 49 no. 1 (Jan 2002)
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