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A Brief Introduction to Ancient Counting Systems For The Non-Mathematician

A Brief Introduction to Ancient Counting Systems For The Non-Mathematician

A Brief Introduction to Ancient Counting Systems for the Non-Mathematician

David Cycleback

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9781312100848
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Written by a prominent artifact historian, this booklet is a short introduction and beginner’s guide to historical counting systems, including Ancient Egyptian, Inuit, Greek, Hindu, Babylonian, Chinese and Mayan. This primer is intended for the non mathematician, so the reader can learn to read and understand numerals in several languages. The book does not go into advanced calculations.

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