TY  - BOOK
AU  - McLeish, John
TI  - Story of numbers: how mathematics has shaped civilization
SN  - 9780449909386
U1  - 510.9 MCL 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - New York
PB  - Fawcett Columbine
KW  - Mathematics - History
KW  - Computer
KW  - Boolean Logic
KW  - Francis Bacon
KW  - Ancient Civilizations
N1  - Includes Bibliography and Index
N2  - Journeying through time, THE STORY OF NUMBERS explores the history of mathematics to trace the rise of various number sysems in cultures from Mesopotamia to the modern Computer Era. John McLeish reveals how these number systems in turn have shaped the cultures that devised them. From the secrets and the beauty of the Mayan calendar, to Arabaian algebra, the Chinese counting board, from Pythagoras to Newton to Boole, McLeish uncovers the human side of numbers, who used them and how they have shaped our world.

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ER  -