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The Art of Counting

  • Paul Lockhart
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Arithmetic
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© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2018 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Dear Reader vii
  4. Things 1
  5. Language 5
  6. Repetition 10
  7. Three Tribes 15
  8. Egypt 25
  9. Rome 32
  10. China and Japan 41
  11. India 48
  12. Europe 75
  13. Multiplication 87
  14. Division 117
  15. Machines 136
  16. Fractions 151
  17. Negative Numbers 180
  18. The Art of Counting 197
  19. Afterword 215
  20. Index 217
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674981539-016

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Dear Reader vii
  4. Things 1
  5. Language 5
  6. Repetition 10
  7. Three Tribes 15
  8. Egypt 25
  9. Rome 32
  10. China and Japan 41
  11. India 48
  12. Europe 75
  13. Multiplication 87
  14. Division 117
  15. Machines 136
  16. Fractions 151
  17. Negative Numbers 180
  18. The Art of Counting 197
  19. Afterword 215
  20. Index 217
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