The History of Counting by Denise Schmandt-Besserat

The History of Counting

Denise Schmandt-Besserat with Michael Hays (Illustrator)

48 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics informative slow-paced
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Drawing on years of research, a renowned archaeologist traces the evolution of counting. She shows how the concept of numbers came about, how various societies answered the question How many?, and how our modern-day decimal system was developed. E...

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