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Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance Numbers

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Did you ever wonder why a stitch in time saves nine and not, say, four, or why the number seven is considered the luckiest, or what number the word googol refers to? Well, the Humez brothers, along with Joseph Maguire, have answered all of these questions and more. In ''Zero to Lazy Eight'', they take us on a wacky and enlightening trip up the linguistic number scale from zero to thirteen and back by way of infinity, showing us just what numbers can tell us about our culture's past, present, and future. Whether it be numerical maxims, mathematical theory, or numeric etymology, there is something here for everyone.

Author(s): Alexander Humez
Edition: First Touchstone Edition
Publisher: Touchstone
Year: 1994

Language: English
Pages: 223

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 9
ZERO......Page 14
ONE......Page 25
TWO......Page 34
THREE......Page 46
FOUR......Page 60
FIVE......Page 76
SIX......Page 87
SEVEN......Page 101
EIGHT......Page 115
NINE......Page 133
TEN......Page 149
ELEVEN......Page 160
TWELVE......Page 180
THIRTEEN......Page 187
LAZY EIGHT......Page 198
INDEX......Page 209
Back Cover......Page 223