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Finding Zero : a Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers

Amir D. Aczel (Author), 3M Company
The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery
eBook, English, 2015
St. Martin's Press, [Place of publication not identified], 2015
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9781466879102, 1466879106
1014279484
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