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New York: Dover Publications, Date: 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Dust jacket not issued. 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches. Good condition. The covers show a little shelf wear, but look nice overall. The binding is tight, but the spine is creased. The interior pages have some erased pencil marks. Stamped front flyleaf. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. 1992. Dover Publications ISBN 0486270963 9780486270968 [US]
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ISBN10: 0486270963, ISBN13: 9780486270968, [publisher: Dover Publications] Softcover Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]
New York Dover Publications 1992 1 Softcover Very good Good condition. The covers show a little shelf wear, but look nice overall. The binding is tight, but the spine is creased. The interior pages have some erased pencil marks. Stamped front flyleaf. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. 480 pages.
ISBN10: 0486270963, ISBN13: 9780486270968, [publisher: Dover Publications, New York] Softcover First Edition Good condition. The covers show a little shelf wear, but look nice overall. The binding is tight, but the spine is creased. The interior pages have some erased pencil marks. Stamped front flyleaf. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. [BALTIMORE, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]
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ISBN10: 0486270963, ISBN13: 9780486270968, [publisher: Dover Publications 11/24/2011] Softcover Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers 1.61 [Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]
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This book is not only a fascinating introduction to the concept of number and to numbers themselves, hut a multifaceted linguistic and historical analysis of how numbers have developed and evolved in many different cultures. Drawing on evidence from history, literature, philosophy and ethnology, noted German scholar Karl Menninger. recounts the development of numbers both as they are spoken (and written as words) and as symbolic abstract numerals that can he readily manipulated and combined.Despite the immense erudition the author brings to the topic, he maintains a light tone throughout, presenting much of the information in anecdotal form. Moreover, almost 300 illustrations (photographs and drawings) and many comparative language tables serve to enhance the text. The author begins with a lucid treatment of number sequence and number language, including the formation of number words in both Indo-European and non-IndoEuropean languages, hidden number words and the evolution of the number sequence. He then turns to written numerals and computations: finger counting, folk symbols for numbers, alphabetical numerals, the "German" Roman numerals, the abacus and more. The final section concerns the development of our modem decimal system, with its place notation and zero, based on the Indian number system, and its introduction to the West through the work of the Italian mathematician Fibonacci. The author concludes with a review of spoken numbers and number symbols in China and Jap ...
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ISBN10: 0486270963, ISBN13: 9780486270968, [publisher: DOVER PUBN INC] Softcover KlappentextClassic study discusses number sequence and number language, then explores written numerals and computations in a wide range of cultures. 282 illustrations. Superior narrative ability. Library Journal. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2011]
ISBN10: 0486270963, ISBN13: 9780486270968, [publisher: DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., NEW YORK, NY] Softcover First Edition MENNINGER, K.: NUMBER WORDS AND NUMBER SYMBOLS. A CULTURAL HISTORY OF NUMBERS [1969, REPRINT]. NEW YORK, NY, 1992, xiii 480 p. figuras, 760 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (GE-1-4) 760 gr. [ZARAGOZA, Spain] [Publication Year: 1992]
ISBN10: 0486270963, ISBN13: 9780486270968, [publisher: Dover Publications] Softcover 'The historian of mathematics will find much to interest him here . . . while the casual reader is likely to be intrigued by the author's superior narrative ability." - Library JournalThis book is not only a fascinating introduction to the concept of number and to numbers themselves, hut a multifaceted linguistic and historical analysis of how numbers have developed and evolved in many different cultures. Drawing on evidence from history, literature, philosophy and ethnology, noted German scholar Karl Menninger. recounts the development of numbers both as they are spoken (and written as words) and as symbolic abstract numerals that can he readily manipulated and combined.Despite the immense erudition the author brings to the topic, he maintains a light tone throughout, presenting much of the information in anecdotal form. Moreover, almost 300 illustrations (photographs and drawings) and many comparative language tables serve to enhance the text. The author begins with a lucid treatment of number sequence and number language, including the formation of number words in both Indo-European and non-IndoEuropean languages, hidden number words and the evolution of the number sequence. He then turns to written numerals and computations: finger counting, folk symbols for numbers, alphabetical numerals, the "German" Roman numerals, the abacus and mor ...
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ISBN10: 0486270963, ISBN13: 9780486270968, [publisher: DOVER PUBN INC] Softcover KlappentextClassic study discusses number sequence and number language, then explores written numerals and computations in a wide range of cultures. 282 illustrations. Superior narrative ability. Library Journal. [Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2011]
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Date: 1970. Hardcover. Good. 1970 2nd printing Hardcover Very Good Ex-College Book some light wear Tan cover No Dj 480 pgs w/index A Cultural History of Numbers translated by Paul Broneer from the revised German edition; Published M.I.T. Press E3D8 ISBN: 0486270963 1970. ISBN 0486270963 9780486270968 [US]
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