Download or read book Man and Number written by Donald Smeltzer and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of how people came to appreciate numbers traces the ways in which early humans gradually evolved methods for recording numerical data and performing simple calculations. Its profiles of ancient systems of recording numbers include Egyptian, Maya and Aztec, Chinese, Greek, and the techniques of other cultures. 1974 edition.