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The Triumph Of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life

I. Bernard Cohen
209 pages
W W Norton & Co Inc
Jan 2005
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A history of numbers and statistics cites the origins of numerical analysis during the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, tracing how numbers have assumed a leading role in science, government, marketing, and other aspects of daily life. 10,000 first printing.
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