Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers Paperback – November 24, 2011

There are many excellent books out there that cover these subjects individually in more detail. This book presents an overview of everything. The print is small. Words are not wasted. Photographs are second rate. I get a sense of accuracy in what he is saying. It is a book for people academically interested in whatever he is talking about. It is not like a Life Magazine publication. However, in no way is it boring and every sentence is providing new information. I do not consider myself expert in the fields he covers, but I can say that I never found anything wrong. Nor did he repeat popular misconceptions. Menninger even discusses the mind-set of the people creating these symbols.

Because numbers have both a physical reference and a spiritual mystery, they are fascinating. This book helps me understand the meaning of number both historically and currently.

This book is great for anyone interested in the human history of our counting numbers.Every aspect of global cultural numbers is covered in this awesome book.From the dawn of the human race to the brillant Renaissanse mathematicans and Asian use of spoken nuncupative numbers,this book explains every meaning behind the development of number language systems.There are excellent foreign phrases and words about numbers explained here.We're the only animated being on the planet that records,measures and quantifies units.This is the best tome on why and how all the ancient cultures developed their own unique number symbols and how they evolved,merged or became extinct.If you're a modern numerator who always wondered about the historical meanings and progress of numbers,this book has a jillion examples.

Bought this book mainly for a source for creating puzzles for geocaching puzzle caches. just because the mathematical history of our civilization is intreaging Read more

This is one of the most detailed books i have ever come across that has put the history of numbers together in so much detail. My great admiration for a job well done.

If you have a serious interest the theories and cultural symbolism of numbers, this is a solid and still accurate resource. Though originally published in 1969, this book is a well-researched and clear overview of the ideas and concepts behind numerology and number symbolism. Unlike most stuff published today, this books isn't some "solve all your problems with numbers!" collection of nonsense, but an insightful outlook on the origins of number symbolism.

Perfect !!!!

A cheap scan of original book with tiny fonts and poor copies of illustrations! Very disappointed!

Secret numbers.

E' un libro che rappresenta e spiega ciò che promette. E' ottimo visto che descrive come è concepito il concetto di numero nelle culture del mondo.

This book is a treasure trove, a precious encyclopedia on the subject. It contains all that should be known about numbers and their symbols in various civilizations.

This is of course a widely acknowledged classic and quite rightly, embodying as it does a considerable amount of detailed research, although there are a few places where the author's conjecture has subsequently been shown to be slightly off the mark. Also, some of the language makes uncomfortable reading today, as might be expected from a book so old that talks about different cultures around the world. The writing style is unnecessarily wordy but not unreadable so. Overall, fascinating, interesting, useful and revealing.