numeration

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numeration

How to count like a Martian

1975
Introduces different systems of counting including the Egyptian base ten, the Babylonian base sixty, the Hindu system using three symbols, and the abacus and computer systems.

One odd day

2006
A boy wakes up to discover his alarm clock has only odd numbers on it, and his day proceeds to get odder and odder.

My even day

2007
A boy wakes up to find a strange day where everything is even, his mother has two heads, and a field trip turns into a very odd ordeal.

Count on your fingers African style

1980
Describes how finger counting is used for communication of price and quantity in an East African market place.

The Guinness book of numbers

1989
Explores the origins of figures through the ages including numerology, superstitions, everyday measurements, sayings and quotations. Also covers numerical records, oddities and games.

The secret life of math

discover how (and why) numbers have survived from the cave dwellers to us!
2005
Presents an overview of the history of math, in simple text with illustrations, from the earliest use of counting numbers to using numbers to solve problems.

Number art

thirteen 123s from around the world
1982
Traces the development of the various number systems that have been used in the world, including the Arabic, Chinese, Egyptian, Gothic, Greek, Roman, and Sanskrit systems.

Numbers

computers, philosophers, and the search for meaning
2004
Traces the history of mathematics, focusing on the concept of numbers, their properties and uses.

One more and one less

pictures
1974
Birds and animals joining and leaving the group introduce basic principles of adding and subtracting.

Humphrey the number horse

fun with counting and multiplication
1979
A simple introduction to numbers and the principles of multiplication.

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