Computing through the Ages
From Bones to Binary
Published on 1. January 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
979-8-7656-2521-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Every civilization through history needed one thing to trade, build monuments, and grow food: math. Explore the many unique computing systems created by ancient civilizations and how they developed into the numbers and equations we use today"--
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: From Sixth Grade to Twelfth Grade, Reading Age: From 12 to 14 years, Interest Age: From 11 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Maps; Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
177 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-7656-2521-7 (9798765625217)
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Persons
Michael Woods is a science and medical writer whose nationally syndicated newspaper stories and columns have won numerous national awards. He directs a program at the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, to inform the public about science. He and his wife, Mary B. Woods, have written almost forty books together. Michael is the writer, and Mary is the researcher.