The History of Counting | 
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| Author: Denise Schmandt-besserat
Creator: Michael Hays
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 248697
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0688141188
Dewey Decimal Number: 513.5
EAN: 9780688141189
Publication Date: August 25, 1999
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Product Description
Drawing on years of research, a renowned archaeologist traces the evolution of counting. She shows how the concept of numbers came about, how various societies answered the question "How many?," and how our modern-day decimal system was developed. Engrossing and enlightening, this fascinating book introduces children to one of our most important inventions.00-01 Utah Book Award (Informational Books) Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2000, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council
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Wonderful and comprehensive elem intro to math history August 10, 2004
Julie Brennan (San Diego, CA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
One of the biggest challenges I have had is finding in print books that are as good as some of the stand-by OOP books recommended on the best math reading lists. For example, Lancelot Hogben's The Wonderful World of Mathematics is highly recommended, but oop and also somewhat out of date.
I got this book today and am delighted, I'll be using it for my classes this fall. It is almost a picture book, but dense - enough that I had to re-read parts of it to understand myself. Very highly illustrated so you can *see* what they are talking about, 41 pages, and the history covered is world wide, not just devoted to the Egyptians and Greeks. It is truly a comprehensive and universal history of counting brought down to kid level comprehension.
The print is good sized and spaced well to make it more readable. I'd say it is read alone level for 3rd through 6th. With my own 6 year old I can paraphrase the text and use the great visuals to get the ideas across. There is one page that has a wonderful visual of "body counting" and the wide-spread use of these techniques all over the world actually makes this a good living geography book as well.
For a parent that is very visual, you might like it yourself :o). The artwork isn't juvenile, it's clean and simple, I was very impressed with the book.
Multicultural Math November 22, 2008
E. Rivera (TEXAS)
This is a great book for the begining of the year. Shows the relevance of numbers in society. Would recommend highly.
For the mathematician in all of us...! April 22, 2000
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
Well, maybe for SOME of us! The book presents a fascinating history of...counting. Simple, you say? You just start at 1 and keep going. This is true only since recent history. What led up to this "modern" math? Take a look!
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