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Growing ideas of number
John N. Crossley
Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2007
ISBN: 0864317093
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Book description
Growing Ideas of Number explores the notion of how number ideas, and ideas of number, have grown from ancient to modern times throughout history. It looks at how different types of number and views of numbers (and their meaning and applications) have varied across cultures over time, and combines historical considerations with the mathematics. The book illustrates some of the real problems and subtleties of number, including counting, calculation, measuring and using machines, which ancient and modern people have grappled with - and continue to do so today.
It includes a comprehensive range of illustrative examples, diagrams, tables and references for further reading, as well as suggested activities, exercises and investigations.
About the author
John N. Crossley moves to Australia in 1969 from All Souls College, Oxford, when he became Professor of Pure Mathematics at Monash University. In the 1980s he drifted into Computer Science and in 1994 became Professor of Logic, in the Faculty of Information Technology. He has worked on the history of mathematics and on 13th century medieval history, as well as theoretical computer science.
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