Numbers: How Counting Changed the World

by Tom Jackson

Book Overview

Think math is boring? Think again Numbers: How Counting Changed the World cracks open the history of numbers to explore the surprising, fascinating, and sometimes mind-boggling evolution of mathematics through the ages.

Did you know that the division symbol is actually a dagger? Or that something as simple as 1, 2, 3, nearly ended up breaking math for good? What is an imaginary number exactly? Numbers may seem simple on the surface...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627950745
• ISBN13: 9781627950749
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Shelter Harbor Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher