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Numbers and mathematical symbols

Crump, Thomas. The Anthropology of Numbers. Cambridge University Press, 1992. Explains the part numbers play across cultures.

Enzensberger, Hans Magnus. Trans. Michael Henry Heim. The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure. Metropolitan, 1998. Through a series of dreams, a young boy who hates math explores the amazing world of numbers, including infinite, prime, and Fibonacci numbers. For younger readers.

Guedj, Denis. Trans. Lory Frankel. Numbers: The Universal Language. Abrams, 1998. Well-illustrated history on the use of numbers.

Hoffman, Paul. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth. Hyperion, 1998. Biographical account of a mathematical genius known for his complete devotion to his work.

Ifrah, Georges The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. Wiley, 1999. A history of numbers and counting systems.

Maor, Eli. e: The Story of a Number. Princeton University Press, 1994, 1998. A mathematician discusses the history of a number important in theoretical mathematics; intended for the general reader.

Menninger, Karl. Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers. MIT Press, Reprint, Dover, 1969. 1992. Comprehensive study of spoken and symbolic numbers.

Paulos, John Allen. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences. Hill and Wang, Reprint, Vintage, 1988. 1990. How the public is misled by a lack of mathematical and statistical knowledge.

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