Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance Numbers

Humez, Alexander

ISBN 10: 0671742817 / ISBN 13: 9780671742812

Editore: Touchstone, 1994

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This book is in good condition. The cover has minor creases or bends. The binding is tight and pages are intact. Some pages may have writing or highlighting. Codice articolo BRV.0671742817.G

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Titolo: Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance Numbers

Casa editrice: Touchstone

Data di pubblicazione: 1994

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: good

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Riassunto:

Did you ever wonder why a stitch in time saves nine and not, say, four, or why the number seven is considered the luckiest, or what number the word googol refers to? Well, the Humez brothers, along with Joseph Maguire, have answered all of these questions and more. In "Zero to Lazy Eight", they take us on a wacky and enlightening trip up the linguistic number scale from zero to thirteen and back by way of infinity, showing us just what numbers can tell us about our culture's past, present, and future. Whether it be numerical maxims, mathematical theory, or numeric etymology, there is something here for everyone.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Alexander Humez is the author of Zero to Lazy Eight, a Simon & Schuster book.