Double Entry: How The Merchants Of Venice Shaped The Modern World - And How Their Invention Could Make Or Break The Planet by Jane Gleeson-White

Our world is governed by the numbers generated by the accounts of nations and corporations. We depend on these numbers to direct our governments, our institutions, corporations, economies, societies. But where did they come from and how did they become so powerful? The answer to these questions begins in the Dark Ages in northern Italy with a new form of record keeping perfected by the merchants of Venice called double-entry bookkeeping. The story of double entry stars a Renaissance monk, mathematician, magician and constant companion of Leonardo da Vinci, his 27-page treatise for merchants, renaissances in art and mathematics, and revolutions in communications and industry. The rise and metamorphosis of double-entry bookkeeping is one of history's best-kept secrets and one of its most important untold tales. Why?. This 2011 Allen & Unwin Hardback is in good condition. DJ. Dust jacket worn and creased.

ISBN: 9781741757552 SKU: 1575191 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1575191
Location: History