by Denis Guedj · Thames & Hudson Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780500300800
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«Numbers: The Universal Language» is Denis Guedj's popular science essay on the history of numbers, published by Thames & Hudson in paperback.
It traces the history of numbers and their fundamental principles: arithmetic, whole and natural numbers, and the notions of zero and infinity. It explains how numeration systems developed, who created algebra, geometry and calculus, and shows the role of numbers in art, music and daily life.
Originally published in French as «L'Empire des nombres» (1996), it is part of Thames & Hudson's New Horizons series.
An illustrated popular science book for anyone wanting to approach the history of science and the role of mathematics in culture.
Denis Guedj was a French novelist and a professor of the History of Science at Paris VIII University. He was born in Setif. He spent many years devising courses and games to teach adults and children math. He is the author of Numbers: The Universal Language and of the novel The Parrot's Theorem. He died in Paris.
