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This volume describes, in words and with artworks, the basic principles of numbers - arithmetic, whole numbers, natural numbers and the concepts of zero and infinity. It examines: how old numbers are and how they were developed; who invented algebra, geometry and calculus; how these ideas affect our daily lives; and the ways in which numbers have been used in art, music and other disciplines.
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Numbers : the universal language, Denis Guedj
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- 1997
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- Title
- Numbers : the universal language
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Denis Guedj
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Publisher
- 1997
- ISBN10
- 0500300801
- ISBN13
- 9780500300800
- Collection
- New horizons
- Category
- World history, Mathematics
- Description
- This volume describes, in words and with artworks, the basic principles of numbers - arithmetic, whole numbers, natural numbers and the concepts of zero and infinity. It examines: how old numbers are and how they were developed; who invented algebra, geometry and calculus; how these ideas affect our daily lives; and the ways in which numbers have been used in art, music and other disciplines.