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035 _a(OCoLC)ocn813925468
040 _aBTCTA
_bspa
_cBTCTA
041 _aeng
042 _alccopycat
050 1 4 _aQA 21
_bM426 2012
082 0 4 _a510.9
_223
100 1 _aJackson, Tom
_d1948-
245 0 0 _aMathematics :
_ban illustrated history of numbers /
_cedited by Tom Jackson ; contributors, Richard Beatty, James Bow, Mike Goldsmith, Dan Green, Tom Jackson, Robert Sneddon, Susan Watt.
260 _aNew York ;
_bShelter Harbor Press,
_c2012.
300 _a144 pages :
_b illustrations (some colour) ;
_c29 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aPonderables
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 140) and index.
505 0 _aPrehistory to the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment -- New numbers, new theories -- Modern mathematics.
520 _aCounting, measuring, and calculating are as old as civilization itself, as are many of the theorems and laws of math. This book tells the fascinating stories behind mathematical discoveries. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of mathematics against the backdrop of world history.
650 0 _aMathematics
_xHistory.
650 4 _aMatemáticas
_xHistoria
_96190
650 7 _aMathematics.
650 4 _aMatemáticas
_96190
700 1 _aJackson, Tom,
_d1972-
_eed.
830 0 _aPonderables (Series)
_930203
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_cBK