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Magazine: 9 September 2017
Simon Ings

The magic of maths

It took an eye-watering six centuries for Arabic numerals to catch on, and many more to solve problems of navigation

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Arithmetic

Paul Lockhart

Belknap/Harvard, pp. 222, £

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Arithmetic

Paul Lockhart

Belknap/Harvard, pp. 222, £

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Arithmetic

Paul Lockhart

Belknap/Harvard, pp. 222, £

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