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2012

Format:	Book
Title:	Mathematics : an illustrated history of numbers / contributors, Richard Beatty ... [et al.] ; edited by Tom Jackson.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Shelter Harbor Press, c2012.
Description:	144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm + 1 fold-out timeline.
Summary:	Counting, measuring, and calculating are as old as civilization itself, as are many of the theorems and laws of math. This book tells the fascinating stories behind mathematical discoveries. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of mathematics against the backdrop of world history.
Series:	Ponderables. 100 breakthroughs that changed history, who did what when Ponderables (Series)
Subjects:	Mathematics -- History.
Other Author:	Beatty, Richard. Jackson, Tom, 1972-
Notes:	Fold-out timeline with over 1000 milestone facts in pocket on p. [3] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index.
Contents:	Prehistory to the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment -- New numbers, new theories -- Modern mathematics.
ISBN:	9780985323042 (hbk.) 0985323043 (hbk.)
Other Number:	813925468
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Control Number:	643644
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Call Number:	510.9 Mathemat

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