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Reviewed on January 1, 2014 | Grades 5 and Up
Gr 5–8—These books cover the history of each number's use in mathematics, from early approximations and similar concepts in the ancient world up to and including contemporary thought. Brief chapters with large pictures on every spread contrast with sophisticated vocabulary, much of it not defined in the glossary. Cunningham names, but does not explain, several...Log In or Sign Up to Read More