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Universal History of Numbers Vol III Georges Ifrah

Universal History of Numbers Vol III By Georges Ifrah

Universal History of Numbers Vol III by Georges Ifrah


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The final volume in Georges Ifrah's history of numbers, this work explores the computer and the information revolution. It introduces the reader to the departure made from the decimal Base 10 to the spread of the binary Base 2, and examines the origins and progress of the computer revolution.

Universal History of Numbers Vol III Summary

Universal History of Numbers Vol III by Georges Ifrah

In this volume, which completes his history of numbers, Georges Ifrah first of all recapitulates for the reader the steps in mathematical notation which he has made familiar. He considers algebra and its relationship with reason; how it has opened the way to new advances in computation. He introduces the reader to the departure made from the decimal Base 10 to the spread of the binary Base 2, the foundation for computing. He then takes us through the origins and progress of the computer revolution, going back to calculating machines invented more than 100 years ago. He finishes with a synthesis of the development of numbers technology as a function of logic, and concludes with a view to our future with technology.

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GOR013507176
9781860467387
1860467385
Universal History of Numbers Vol III by Georges Ifrah
Used - Like New
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
20001026
288
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