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* I like how it discusses how early cultures don't have words for big numbers, and, when they do, they're cumbersome. | * I like how it discusses how early cultures don't have words for big numbers, and, when they do, they're cumbersome. | ||
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| − | * The magazine layout with lots of sidebars makes it | + | * The magazine layout with lots of sidebars makes it difficult to stay focused on the main thread. |
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The Story of Mathematics is a book about the history of mathematics written by Anne Rooney and published in 2008. It is part of Rooney's Story Of series.
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| Own? | Paperback - USA - 1st edition. |
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| Read? | Paperback - USA - 1st edition. |
| Finished | 201?. |
I own a paperback. I probably bought it in the discount section of a book store around 2012. I read it shortly after buying it and liked it. Wanting to create a page for it in this Wiki, I reread.
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Good
- Despite being about mathematics, the book is very easy to follow. It's fully illustrated and written for the average reader.
- The first chapter is a great introduction into teaching how numbers are a something humans had to invent rather than concepts that just exist on their own. It starts with pre-numeric systems like tick marks, then moves onto various early counting systems like Roman Numerals and the Chinese multiplicative system, then discusses the various and base-5, 12 and 60 systems used by ancient cultures before finally getting to the Hindu-Arabic system we use today. It also describes early versions of zero before it became a true placeholder, negative numbers, and fractions.
- I like how it discusses how early cultures don't have words for big numbers, and, when they do, they're cumbersome.
Bad
- The magazine layout with lots of sidebars makes it difficult to stay focused on the main thread.
Ugly
- Nothing.
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