Title: Realm of numbers.
Authors: Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992; Belmore, Robert,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,
Year: 1959
Subjects: Numeration Juvenile literature; Arithmetic.; Number concept.
Abstract: Explanations of mathematical techniques and principles are combined with the history of mathematics. Includes simple arithmetic, square root, logarithms, and even imaginary numbers.
Contents: Digits and digits -- Nothing and less than nothing -- By passing addition -- Broken numbers -- Breakage by tens -- The shape of numbers -- Digging for roots -- The very large and very small -- From number line to number area -- Endlessness.