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Preface Chapter 1. Encountering Numbers Chapter 2. Counting with Numbers
Rudimentary Beginnings; One-to-One Correspondence and Order; The Beginning of Numbers; Patterns and Groups; Finger-Counting;
Counting by Twos; Counting by Fives; Counting by Twenties; The History of Counting; The Age of our Decimal Counting; Counting with Knots Chapter 3. Writing down Numbers
Tallies; The Dawn of Numerals; The Development of Numeral Systems; The Evolution of Place-value; Alphabetical Numerals; The Hindu-Arabic Numerals; Fractions; The Derivation of Number-Symbols Chapter 4. Calculating with Numbers
Addition; Substraction; Multiplication; Division; Checks on Calculation; Ratio and Proportion; Prime Numbers and Factors; The Calculation of Roots; Logarithms; Arithmetic Symbols Chapter 5. Computing with Numbers
Early Counting Boards; Counting Boards in the Middle Ages; Reckoning on the Lines; The Modern Abacus; The Slide Rule; Calculating Machines; Binary Arithmetic; Computers Chapter 6. Unknown Numbers
The Linear Unknown; The Square of the Unknown; Higher Powers of the Unknown; More than One Unknown; Indeterminate Unknowns; Symbols for the Unknown Chapter 7. Recreational Numbers
Think of a Number; Magic Squares; Number Shapes; Numbers with Special Properties Chapter 8. Thinking about Numbers
Rational and Irrational Numbers; The Real Numbers; The Status of Zero; Complex Numbers; Defining the Natural Numbers; Numbers and Religious Belief Chapter 9. Teaching and Learning Numbers
Words and Symbols; Elementary Calculation; Algebra; Numbers and Life
Bibliographical Note; Index
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Add Numbers, Extremely readable, jargon-free book for general readers traces the evolution of counting systems, from the primitive techniques of antiquity to computers. Text examines the earliest endeavors to count and record numbers, initial attempts to solve problem, Numbers to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Numbers, Extremely readable, jargon-free book for general readers traces the evolution of counting systems, from the primitive techniques of antiquity to computers. Text examines the earliest endeavors to count and record numbers, initial attempts to solve problem, Numbers to your collection on WonderClub |