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  2. Numbers: The Universal Language - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Nicolas Chuquet - Wikipedia

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    In 1484, Chuquet wrote an article Triparty en la science des nombres, [2] [3] which was unpublished in his lifetime. Most of it, however, was copied without attribution by Estienne de La Roche in his 1520 textbook, l'Arismetique. In the 1870s, scholar Aristide Marre discovered Chuquet's manuscript and published it in 1880. The manuscript ...

  4. Names of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, Nicolas Chuquet wrote a book Triparty en la science des nombres which was not published during Chuquet's lifetime. However, most of it was copied by Estienne de La Roche for a portion of his 1520 book, L'arismetique. Chuquet's book contains a passage in which he shows a large number marked off into groups of six digits, with the ...

  5. Jean Herbert - Wikipedia

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    He published his Manuel de l’interprete (The Interpreter’s Handbook) in 1952. He also founded and directed two collections of multilingual and technical dictionaries published by Elsevier and sponsored by the Universities of Paris, Heidelberg, Mainz, Trieste and Georgetown University .

  6. Language interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Interpreting is translation from a spoken or signed language into another language, usually in real time to facilitate live communication. It is distinguished from the translation of a written text, which can be more deliberative and make use of external resources and tools.

  7. Law of large numbers - Wikipedia

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    In 1837, S. D. Poisson further described it under the name "la loi des grands nombres" ("the law of large numbers"). [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 3 ] Thereafter, it was known under both names, but the "law of large numbers" is most frequently used.

  8. Number theory - Wikipedia

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    Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions.German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) said, "Mathematics is the queen of the sciences—and number theory is the queen of mathematics."

  9. The Interpretive Theory of Translation - Wikipedia

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    The Interpretive Theory of Translation [1] (ITT) is a concept from the field of Translation Studies.It was established in the 1970s by Danica Seleskovitch, a French translation scholar and former Head of the Paris School of Interpreters and Translators (Ecole Supérieure d’Interprètes et de Traducteurs (ESIT), Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle).