The name of the number

Michael A. B. Deakin
Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2007

ISBN: 9780864317575

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Book description
The Name of the Number looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation has been structured, the history and prehistory of number concepts, and the evolution of numerical representation (in word and symbol). These themes are explored through the various expressions of number-concepts in different cultures in different places and times.

About the author
Dr Michael Deakin is an Honorary Research Member in the School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Monash University, Australia.
During the period of 1967 and 1999, he taught at Monash University. He has authored over 100 technical papers and over 200 popular expositions. He has also taught in the USA, the UK, PNG and Indonesia.

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