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Perfect Figures: The Lore of Numbers and How We Learned to Count
Perfect Figures The Lore of Numbers and How We Learned to Count
Author: Bunny Crumpacker
Since the beginning of civilization, numbers have been more than just a way to keep count. Perfect Figures tells the stories of how each number came to be and what incredible associations and superstitions have been connected to them ever since. Along the way are some of the great oddities of numbers' past as:-a time when finger-counting ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312360054
ISBN-10: 0312360053
Publication Date: 8/7/2007
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Barely six weeks into the year, and I hit my first 5 star book (I'm darn sparing with those!). Extensive research presented in such a fun, interesting manner that I had to force myself to put down the book at times.
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