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A brilliant follow-up to a landmark international bestseller. In this engaging successor to <i>The Universal History of Numbers</i>, you’ll discover the entire story of the calculation of yesteryear and the computation of today. From the invention of the abacus to the creation of the binary system three centuries ago to the conceptual, scientific, and technical achievements that made the earliest computers possible, highly acclaimed author and mathematician Georges Ifrah provides an illuminating glimpse into humankind’s greatest intellectual tale: the story of computing. <p>"Suppose every instrument could by command or by anticipation of need execute its function on its own; suppose that spindles could weave of their own accord, and plectra strike the strings of zithers by themselves; then craftsmen would have no need of hand-work, and masters have no need of slaves." -Aristotle. Called the Indiana Jones of arithmetic, Georges Ifrah embarked in 1974 on a ten-year quest to discover where numbers come from and what they say about us. His first book, the highly praised <i>Universal History of Numbers</i>, drew from this remarkable journey, presented the first complete account of the

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Author

Georges Ifrah; David Bellos

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780471393405

Category

history

Subjects

Computer Science, Fiction, Reference