.jpg) First French edition. The cover featuring a 19th-century engraving of anthropomorphic numbers. | |
| Author | Denis Guedj |
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| Original title | L'empire des nombres |
| Translator | Lory Frankel |
| Cover artist | Anonymous |
| Language | French |
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Release number | 300th in collection |
| Genre | Nonfiction monograph |
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Publication date | 18 November 1996 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1997 (US) 1998 (UK) |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 176 pp. |
| ISBN | 978-2-0705-3373-2 (first edition) |
| OCLC | 910594391 |
| Preceded by | L'Art et la Science : L'esprit des chefs-d'œuvre |
| Followed by | La guerre d'Algérie : Histoire d'une déchirure |
Numbers: The Universal Language (French: L'empire des nombres, lit. 'The Empire of Numbers') is a 1996 illustrated monograph on numbers and their history. Written by the French historian of science Denis Guedj, and published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard as the 300th volume in their "Découvertes" collection[1] (known as "Abrams Discoveries" in the United States, and "New Horizons" in the United Kingdom). The book was adapted into a documentary film of the same title in 2001.[2]
- ^ "L'empire des nombres, Collection Découvertes Gallimard (n° 300), Série Sciences et techniques". gallimard.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "L'Aventure humaine — L'empire des nombres" (PDF). pro.arte.tv (in French). 2001. Retrieved 29 November 2020.