"Number" reassesses conventional views of civilization. It seeks to challenge, provoke and fascinate as it takes the mystery out of the world of number. Ranging from prehistoric times through the world's main civilizations, John McLeish demonstrates that one of the main skills which marks out humans from animals is their ability to calculate. We visit the bed-chambers of the Chinese Emperor as his officials allocate his bed-mate according to a strict mathematical rota. We get to know the people who have shaped numbers - world famous mathematicians such as Pythagoras and Newton, and the lesser known Greek woman mathematician Hypatia who was martyred for her views on logic. The book also looks at the development of the computer and the people behind it, and reassesses today's society in terms of the numbers which rule our lives.

Number: From Ancient Civilisations to the Computer

History

McLeish, John

Historical Study & Educational Resources

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The author's diary includes details of her relationships with Henry Miller and his wife, June, Antonin Artaud, Rene Allendy, Otto Rank and her father

Incest: From a Journal of Love : The Unexpurgated Diary of Anias Nin, 1932-1934

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Nin, Anaïs

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Diamond German Dictionary

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Diamond Spanish Dictionary

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Diamond Italian Dictionary

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Alchemy: The Medieval Alchemists and Their Royal Art

Fabricius, Johannes

Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves: A Practical Guide to the Ancient Art of Tasseography

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Fenton, Sasha

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This novel is by the author of "The Sea and Poison", "Wonderful Fool", "Science", "When I Whistle", "The Samurai" and "Stained Glass Elegies".

Volcano

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Endō, Shūsaku

Contemporary

A Short Guide to Writing about History is an ideal complement for any history course intended to teach students to think and write like historians.This engaging and practical text will teach students how to go beyond reporting the basic dates and facts of their history books and show them how to infuse their writing with their own ideas and unique perspective. Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers guidelines for improving style as well as documenting sources.

A Short Guide to Writing About History (The Short Guide Series)

MARIUS, Richard

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