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From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbersby Georges IfrahISBN 0670373958 (0-670-37395-8)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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Histoire Universelle Des Chiffres: L'intelligence Des Hommes Racontee Par Les Nombres Et Le Calculby Georges IfrahISBN 2221078373 (2-221-07837-3)
Hardcover, R. Laffont
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The Life of Numbers: From an Idea by Antonio J. Duranby Alberto Manguel, Georges Ifrah , Antonio J. Duran, Sean Mackaoui, Natalia PintadoISBN 1568813252 (1-56881-325-2)
Hardcover, A K Peters Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life of Numbers: From an Idea by Antonio J. Duran'Book summary:This book masterfully illustrates the life course of numbers, taking the reader on a walk through a museum of historical artifacts, manuscripts, and works of art. The authors recount how numbers lived in now extinct civilizations, with photographs of archaeological remains, Roman coins, preromanic manuscripts, incunabula; how people learned to use numbers to count, showing Renaissance mercantile arithmetic books; and how numbers evolved into the Western counting system that we use today, with the first recorded usage of the current arithmetic symbols. The authors explore not only the history and use of numbers, but also the physical shape of numbers assumed in writing, including their life at the printing presses at the height of the Renaissance, and in prints of Leonardo da Vinci and Durero, typographical designs, and both celestial and terrestrial maps. [via]
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The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum Computerby Georges Ifrah , E. F. HardingISBN 0471441473 (0-471-44147-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum Computer'Book summary:From the I Ching to AI, there has been tremendous human brainpower devoted to devising easier means of counting and thinking. Former math teacher Georges Ifrah has devoted his life to tracking down traces of our past calculating tools and reporting on them with charm and verve. The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to Quantum Computing gives a grand title to a grand subject, and Ifrah makes good on his promise of universality by leaping far back in time and spanning all the inhabited continents.
If his scope is vast, his stories and details are still engrossing. Readers will hang on the stories of 19th-century inventors converging on multiplication machines and other, more general "engines", and better understand the roots of biological and quantum computation. Ifrah has great respect for our ancestors and their work, and he transmits this feeling to his readers with humour and humility. His timelines, diagrams and concordance help readers unfamiliar with foreign concepts of numbers and computation to keep up with his narrative.
By the end, his slight bias against strong artificial intelligence shows, but he is careful to acknowledge the future's unforeseeable nature and suggest that we keep our minds open. How can we resist? --Rob Lightner [via]
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Universal History of Numbersby Georges IfrahISBN 1860467385 (1-86046-738-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers'Book summary:The title doesn't lie. Mathematician Georges Ifrah's masterpiece, The Universal History of Numbers, is a wonderfully comprehensive overview of numbers and counting spanning all the inhabited continents as far back in time as records will allow us to look. Beyond the ancient Babylonians, Sumerians, and Indians, Ifrah takes us farther south into Africa to examine an early decimal counting system and into ancient Mexico to reconstruct what we can of the Mayan calendar and numerical system. The 27 chapters are chiefly organized by culture, though there are some cross-cultural overviews of topics like letters and numbers.
The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computerby Georges Ifrah , David BellosISBN 186046324X (1-86046-324-X)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer'Book summary:For those of you who have read Georges Ifrah's first book, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer, this is the third of a two-volume set! Just to clarify this, the first volume is being split into two and, together with this new third volume, republished as a trilogy. For those of you who have not read the first book, volume III begins with what could have been a very useful "Chronological Summary" and a "Recapitulation" of the ideas expressed in the first book. Unfortunately, without a preface or introduction, the unwary reader is immediately confronted with a very condensed version of the first book. Indeed, Ifrah's detailed study of number systems, when reduced to a series of illustrated plates, gives the impression that the history of numbers is little more than a history of typography. Yet another "Chronological Summary" from Calculation to Calculus follows, thereby reinforcing the feeling that the book is a collection of notes waiting to be crafted into a strong narrative. The translator, the unsung hero in many publications, has done sterling work in adding copious notes and helpful cross-references. The initial feeling remains, however, that this is a collection of jewels without a crown.
Having said that, the scope of the book is enormous, tracing the history of calculators and computers, from mechanical to electronic devices through both analogue and digital incarnations. There are some familiar faces, such as Pascal, Babbage, von Neumann and Turing, as well as many others who have so far escaped the spotlight. As a reference work it has a good index and an extensive bibliography. The author acknowledges regret at the lack of illustrations but gives references to such sources. In the search for universality and completeness it has, however, forsaken a strong guiding theme. The most engaging sections are where the mathematics, history and technology come together, bound by personal ambitions, whether intellectual or financial. In such sections Ifrah pauses from being a cataloguer to indulge in some story telling. It is here that the nuts and bolts of technology come to life. For teachers, students and researchers, this will prove to be a very useful starting point into a fascinating area of human innovation. But one would venture that this is a work destined for the library shelves rather than the bedside table. --Richard Mankiewicz [via]
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Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computerby David Bellos, Georges Ifrah , E. F. Harding, Ian Monk, Sophie WoodISBN 0471375683 (0-471-37568-3)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer'Book summary:The title doesn't lie. Mathematician Georges Ifrah's masterpiece, The Universal History of Numbers, is a wonderfully comprehensive overview of numbers and counting spanning all the inhabited continents as far back in time as records will allow us to look. Beyond the ancient Babylonians, Sumerians, and Indians, Ifrah takes us farther south into Africa to examine an early decimal counting system and into ancient Mexico to reconstruct what we can of the Mayan calendar and numerical system. The 27 chapters are chiefly organized by culture, though there are some cross-cultural overviews of topics like letters and numbers.
The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Universal History of Numbers : The Modern Number Systemby Georges IfrahISBN 1860467911 (1-86046-791-1)
Softcover, Random House
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The Universal History of Numbers : The World's First Number Systemsby Georges IfrahISBN 1860467903 (1-86046-790-3)
Softcover, Random House
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Les Chiffres, Ou, L'historie D'une Grande Inventionby Georges IfrahISBN 2221009363 (2-221-00936-3)
Hardcover, R. Laffont
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Histoire Universelle Des Chiffresby Georges IfrahISBN 2221502051 (2-221-50205-1)
Hardcover, Seghers
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Histoire Universelle Des Chiffres: L'intelligence Des Hommes Racontee Par Les Nombres Et Le Calculby Georges IfrahISBN 2221057791 (2-221-05779-1)
Hardcover, R. Laffont
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