The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development

by Levi Leonard Conant

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Genres: Mathematics, History

230 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2007

About the author

Leonard L. Conant was an American mathematician

Reviews

[Robert Marmorstein]

Rather boring and disorganized

This book contains a few interesting facts, but most of it is very dated reference tables listing the words used for each number in different cultures. This could be useful if it were organized better, but it is very unstructured and repetitive.

[Shiri]

It's an anachronism to call a book this old "racist". Still, it was damn racist. I couldn't get past the 2nd or 3rd chapter. It was pretty bad.

[Marv]

Who counts with the joint of their fingers? This is the book that will reveal the answer.