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Schmandt-Besserat, Denise

The History of Counting

45 pp. | Morrow | August, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-688-14118-8 $$17.00 | Library ISBN 0-688-14119-6 $$16.93
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Michael Hays. This intriguing, concise history of the development of counting ranges from early examples of counting schemes without numbers through the use of Greek and Roman numeral systems to our present Arabic system that invented the all-important zero. Clear illustrations accompany each historical example in this book that isn't just for math fans. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Daniel Brabander

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