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240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674972230
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Belknap Press
Publication date: 21 August 2017
Description
Because evolution endowed humans with a complement of ten fingers, a grouping size of ten seems natural to us, perhaps even ideal. But from the perspective of mathematics, groupings of ten are arbitrary, and can have serious shortcomings. Twelve w...
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240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674972230
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Belknap Press
Publication date: 21 August 2017
Description
Because evolution endowed humans with a complement of ten fingers, a grouping size of ten seems natural to us, perhaps even ideal. But from the perspective of mathematics, groupings of ten are arbitrary, and can have serious shortcomings. Twelve w...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings