The life of numbers / from an idea by Antonio J. Durán ; articles by Antonio J. Durán, Georges Ifrah, Alberto Manguel ; illustrations by Sean Mackaoui, Natalia Pintado, Javier Pagola

Published:: [Madrid] : T Ediciones, [2006]
Copyright Date:: ©2006
Physical Description:: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Durán, Antonio J., Ifrah, Georges, Manguel, Alberto, Mackaoui, Sean, Pintado, Natalia, and Pagola, Javier

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Contents:

Done on paper: the dual nature of numbers and the page / Alberto Manguel -- Numbers are for counting (I) / Antonio J. Durán -- The way people learnt to count and calculate / Georges Ifrah -- Numbers are for counting (II) / Antonio J. Durán -- Appendix: Chronica numerorum, Catalog, The authors, The illustrators.

Subject(s):

Numeration—History
Number concept—History

ISBN:

8486882141
9788486882143

Note:

Pagination is indicated by a mathematical pattern of "circumferences and circles and colors that come and go and disappear."

Source of Acquisition:

UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 20078.

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