by Francisco Javier Mateos Maroto · ISBN 8425536002632
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«En el principio fue el número» is a popular mathematics essay by Francisco Javier Mateos Maroto, published by EMSE EDAPP in hardcover.
It explains how humanity began to count and to turn the practical need to measure and order into an abstract discipline. Drawing on the history of numbers, the author surveys some of the great milestones in mathematical thought and shows how these ideas have influenced everyday life and the advancement of civilization.
It is a title in the collection «Grandes ideas de las matemáticas» and bears the subtitle «La humanidad aprende a contar». The listed edition is from 2019.
For readers interested in the history of mathematics and in the role of numbers in the construction of human knowledge.
