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''The historian of mathematics will find much to interest him here... while the casual reader is likely to be intrigued by the author's superior narrative ability.'— Library JournalThis book is not only a fascinating introduction to the concept of number and to numbers themselves, hut a multifaceted linguistic and historical analysis of how numbers have developed and evolved in many different cultures. Drawing on evidence from history, literature, philosophy and ethnology, noted German scholar Karl Menninger. recounts the development of numbers both as they are spoken (and written as words) and as symbolic abstract numerals that can he readily manipulated and combined.Despite the immense erudition the author brings to the topic, he maintains a light tone throughout, presenting much of the information in anecdotal form. Moreover, almost 300 illustrations (photographs and drawings) and many comparative language tables serve to enhance the text. The author begins with a lucid treatment of number sequence and number language, including the formation of number words in both Indo-European and non-IndoEuropean languages, hidden number words and the evolution of the number sequence. He the

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Author

Karl Menninger

Publisher

Dover Publications, Incorporated

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780486270968

Category

science

Subjects

Mathematics, Fiction, Philosophy

Rating

3.96 / 5 (28 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14