A brief history of numbers / Leo Corry.
A brief history of numbers / Leo Corry.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call Numbers
G 2016/2084
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 309 : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The world around us is saturated with numbers. They are a fundamental pillar of our modern society, and accepted and used with hardly a second thought. But how did this state of affairs come to be? In this book, Leo Corry tells the story behind the idea of number from the early days of the Pythagoreans, up until the turn of the twentieth century. H...
Alternative Titles
Full title
A brief history of numbers / Leo Corry.
Portion of title
Numbers.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Scheduled to be published August 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2015.
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Call Numbers
G 2016/2084
Record Identifier
74VKVpQOxPdl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpQOxPdl
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780198702597 (hardback)
DDC
512.7
MMS ID
991023988219002626
