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From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbers Paperback – February 3, 1987

4.2 out of 5 stars 16

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Details the story of how numerals and numerical systems originated and evolved, from the tools of primitive counting to the symbols and concepts of sophisticated calculation

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books (February 3, 1987)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 503 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140099190
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140099195
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 5 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024
This is a great book on the history of the human tendency to create and use numbers.
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2013
We accept our number systems as they are. This book delves extensively into the first major number systems to the present day. If you want to have a more critical understanding of the accomplishments of different cultures that contributed to our current systems, this is a very good place to start.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2015
Disappointing! a rambling, unfocused, limited resource with no creative insights, perhaps the translation is wanting, as they used to say:
translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful it is not faithful. If it is faithful it is certainly not beautiful

I may want to return it.

Monte Landis
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2017
Loved reading this book. Its nice to see how ideas evolve
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Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2014
Great Read !!! Perfect !!!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 1997
The best book on history of numbers - ever! It traces the roots of our modern decimal system to India and provides details on how the symbols for all the current digits came from the original devanagari script ...
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2024
According to my nephew this book is a great find
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Reviewed in India on August 13, 2017
Excellent book by Ifrah!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2021
I wanted to give this product as a present, I know it was used but I would not send a discoloured book like that out to anyone.