History of numbers, then, must be bewitching. Reviews There are … A riveting history of counting and calculating, from the time of the cave dwellers to the twentieth century, this fascinating volume brings numbers to thrilling life, explaining their development in human terms, the intriguing situations that made them necessary, and the brilliant achievements in human thought that they made possible. There is a discussion of binary notation, along with the other bases. Ifrah has done a huge amount of research, and this encyclopedic treatment is the result. The knowledge that science and learning could have progressed much further much earlier is a rI think the subtitle is rather misleading because it doesn't really discuss the invention of computers, unless one considers a computer to be any kind of calculating machine. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript.
The book has been terribly written. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) is available from the World Health Organization (Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. History of numbers, then, must be bewitching. Numbers are fascinating. The result was a book called FROM ONE TO ZERO A Universal History of Numbers, (published in English translation in 1985 ). Then, by taking apart the counting systems of several civilizations, from the Assyro-Babylonian to the Chinese and Mayan, Ifrah shows us the logic behind them and the great purposes for which many of those cultures used them.
I had problems reading it as my brain refused at some moment to take, chew and understand higher Maths.
You wouldn't think it would be possible to write such a thick book about just numbers for a popular audience, but there it is.I assumed that this would be a history of mathematics, or perhaps arithmetic. A riveting history of counting and calculating, from the time of the cave dwellers to the twentieth century, this fascinating volume brings numbers to thrilling life, explaining their development in human Not content with passing on half-truths and conjectures, Mr. Ifrah abandoned his job and embarked on a ten-year quest to uncover the history of numbers. One other vThis is truly the definitive of the history of numbers.
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"Already partly read and no intention to finish" category needed.Quite likely the only book you will ever need to understand the history of numbers and what they really mean. More than ten years ago, an American translation of the predecessor of The Universal History of Number appeared under the title From One to Zero, translated by Lowell Bair (Viking, 1985). 1, Aventure des chiffres.\n # Histoire universelle des chiffres (1994).
It reads more like a research paper than a book. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) is available from the World Health Organization (A history of numbers, from Cro-Magnon Man to the electronic spreadsheet, taking in Scandinavia, China and the Classical World. Among the many fascinating findings is that our modern system of decimal arithmetic, complete with positional notation, zero, and the usual algorithms for +-*/, was first discovered in India, not "Arabia", and much earlier than is often believed: Ifrah cites a large number of references that indicate that place the origin at least by 458 AD. Among the many fascinating findings is that our modern system of decimal arithmetic, complete with positional notation, zero, and the usual algorithms for +-*/, was first discovered in India, not "Arabia", and much earlier than is often believed: Ifrah cites a large number of references that indicate that place the origin at least by 458 AD. When he tried to answer these simple questions, he found that the information found in standard textbooks was highly unsatisfactory and frequently contradictory. The knowledge that science and learning could have progressed much further much earlier is a rather depressing reflection on human nature and culture, but even today there are people that are against education and the spread of knowledge. Ifrah does a magnificent and herculean job at sharing with the reader the wonderful path taken by those numbers that we can’t help but take for granted. There is a discussion of binary notation, along with the other bases. Topics Universal, History, Numbers Collection opensource Language English. I assumed that this would be a history of mathematics, or perhaps arithmetic. 1, Aventure des chiffres.\nThe universal history of numbers : from prehistory to the invention of the computer\"@ # Histoire universelle des chiffres (1994). The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer 4.18 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions [Georges Ifrah] [Georges Ifrah] Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. Please re-enter recipient e-mail address(es).The name field is required. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript.
Who invented them and why? Chronicles the history of counting and calculating from the time of cave dwellers to the late twentieth century, examining how different cultures used numbers to solve basic problems related to their everyday needs.