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Item Details
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UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF COMPUTING
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| By: |
Ifrah |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£21.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0471441473 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780471441472 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
23 January, 2002 |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
This volume continues the author''s story from "The Universal History of Numbers" to cover the invention of computers and the binary number system, as well as recently discovered numbers systems, including surreal numbers and numerical codes. |
| Synopsis: |
The fascinating follow-up to the bestselling The Universal History of Numbers Picking up where his highly acclaimed The Universal History of Numbers left off, Georges Ifrah continues his exhilarating exploration into the world of numbers. The fascinating result, The Universal History of Computing, traces the progress of computing from the revolutionary invention of the abacus to the invention of the binary system three centuries ago and the earliest computer that followed. In this engaging but no less learned read, he covers such hot topics as numerical codes and the recent discovery of new kinds of number systems, such as "surreal" numbers. Overall, Ifrah shows us how far we have come in learning about number theory, how numbers relate to our everyday lives - - and how much further we have to go. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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