How to Count Like a Martian

by Glory St. John

Book Overview

Introduces different systems of counting including the Egyptian base ten, the Babylonian base sixty, the Hindu system using three symbols, and the abacus and computer systems. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809831252
• ISBN13: 9780809831258
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Mathematics

This is the best book to understand math and number systems. It will help with logical thinking. Math is a universal language around the world (and maybe in the milky way too).

learn about counting systems by interpreting space signals

The author supposes that signals come in from Mars. Your job is to figure out what they mean. By supposing that they might be numbers, she introduces you to different counting systems that have been used on earth. (Mayan, Egyptian, Greek and Arabic among others) By the way, Martians count in Base-4. Does that mean they have four fingers?