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| Title | The universal history of numbers: from prehistory to the invention of the computer |
| Author | Georges Ifrah |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Harvill, 1998 |
| Original from | Cornell University |
| Digitized | Dec 20, 2010 |
| ISBN | 186046324X, 9781860463242 |
| Length | 633 pages |
| Subjects | › History Mathematics / Arithmetic Mathematics / Counting & Numeration Mathematics / Number Systems Number concept Numerals Numeration Numeration/ History |
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