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

A Quick History of Maths is 43,000 years of mathematical discoveries packed into one book, plus lots of jokes.

Making History Count introduces the main quantitative methods used in historical research. The emphasis is on intuitive understanding and application of the con

Five hungry dinosaurs appear to take bite-sized chunks out of the die-cut text, as readers can count the number of bites from one to five.

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