Numbers
Subtitle: computers, philosophers, and the search for meaning
By: John Tabak
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: History of mathematics
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780816079407
Subjects: Counting; Numeration; History
Description: Deals with numbers from the point of view of computation, beginning with the earliest number concepts from ancient Mesopotamian, Chinese, and Mayan mathematicians. It describes the origin and diffusion of Arabic numerals, and it concludes with a discussion of the way that the number system is represented within computers. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.