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Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers

by Menninger, Karl

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Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1970. 2nd Printing Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto size, same format and quality as first printing. Out of print. 2nd printing edition. Binding is cloth boards.

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Title
Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers
Author
Menninger, Karl
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Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
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Edition
2nd Printing Edition
Publisher
M.I.T. Press
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Date Published
1970
Keywords
History of science

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