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02841aam a2200361 i 4500 001 C0692C84A39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230203011453 008 220501s2022 si a b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022011713 020 $a 9811236836 020 $a 9789811236839 035 $a (OCoLC)1330202430 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d UIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QA141.2 B86 2022 100 1 $a Burgin, M. S. $q (Mark Semenovich), $e author. 245 10 $a History of numbers and arithmetic : $b an information perspective / $c Mark Burgin. 264 1 $a Singapore ; $b World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, $c [2022] 300 $a xxv, 343 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a World Scientific series in information studies, $v Vol. 12 490 1 $a Trilogy of numbers and arithmetic ; $v Book 1 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a All about numbers and symbols -- Arithmetic curiosities -- Aspects of measurement -- Geometric novelties -- Probability -- A potpourri of mathematical topics. 520 $a "The book is the first in the trilogy which will bring you to the fascinating world of numbers and operations with them. Numbers provide information about myriads of things. Together with operations, numbers constitute arithmetic forming in basic intellectual instruments of theoretical and practical activity of people and offering powerful tools for representation, acquisition, transmission, processing, storage, and management of information about the world. The history of numbers and arithmetic is the topic of a variety of books and at the same time, it is extensively presented in many books on the history of mathematics. However, all of them, at best, bring the reader to the end of the 19th century without including the developments in these areas in the 20th century and later. Besides, such books consider and describe only the most popular classes of numbers, such as whole numbers or real numbers. At the same time, a diversity of new classes of numbers and arithmetic were introduced in the 20th century. This book looks into the chronicle of numbers and arithmetic from ancient times all the way to 21st century. It also includes the developments in these areas in the 20th century and later. A unique aspect of this book is its information orientation of the exposition of the history of numbers and arithmetic"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Numeration $x History. 650 0 $a Arithmetic $x History. 830 0 $a Trilogy of numbers and arithmetic ; Bk. 1 830 0 $a World Scientific series in information studies ; v.12. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302021211.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C0692C84A39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search