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"The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the...
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"It's time to put on your cowboy hats, grab your lassos, and help Mickey, Goofy, and all your Clubhouse pals wrangle a boisterous herd of wild numbers into Mickey Corral. Laugh it up as you count 'em down from 10 to 1, and rustle up the right Mouseketools to catch those rascally numbers! Then search for Daisy Bo Peep's lost sheep, decode a secret message, and solve more super-fun puzzles"--Container.
26) The Numberlys
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Before the alphabet was invented, life was very orderly though not so exciting until five friends set out to create something new.
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"Happy Chinese New Year! The zodiac animals are ready to celebrate Chinese New Year with traditions and a big feast! Little ones can count to twelve as each animal prepares for the holiday- Rat cleaned away the bad luck in one big sweep! Ox shopped for two new outfits. Tiger brought three kinds of flowers. Includes numbers written in Chinese characters and their pronunciation"--Publisher's description.
28) Roman numerals
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Explains the Roman numeral system, which, though very old, is still in use today.
29) Number train
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Train locomotive pulling 20 train cars up a mountain. Number on train cars cooresponds to the pictured number of items in each car.
30) Mickey's roundup
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"Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 have gone wild! Mickey Mouse has to round them up before Professor Von Drake returns. Can he do it?''--P. [4] of cover.
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"We see numbers on automobile license plates, addresses, weather reports, and, of course, on our smartphones. Yet we look at these numbers for their role as descriptors, not as an entity in and unto themselves. Each number has its own history of meaning, usage, and connotation in the larger world. The Secret Lives of Numbers takes readers on a journey through integers, considering their numerological assignments as well as their significance beyond...
38) Number-bots
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"With just a few twists and turns, numbers transform into super-cool robots that kids can't resist...boosting counting and number recognition skills as children play! Set includes 10 robots, plus 5 operation symbols to build math problems. Numbers measure approximately 2".
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