The Hindu-Arabic Numerals

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals

The Hindu-Arabic NumeralsSo familiar are we with the numerals that bear the misleading name of Arabic, and...
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Author: Karpinski, Louis Charles,1878-1956
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The Hindu-Arabic Numerals

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals

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The Hindu-Arabic Numerals

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Karpinski, Louis Charles,1878-1956
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals

So familiar are we with the numerals that bear the misleading name of Arabic, and so extensive is their use in Europe and the Americas, that it is difficult for us to realize that their general acceptance in the transactions of commerce is a matter of only the last four centuries, and that they are unknown to a very large part of the human race to-day. It seems strange that such a labor-saving device should have struggled for nearly a thousand years after its system of place value was perfected before it replaced such crude notations as the one that the Roman conqueror made substantially universal in Europe. Such, however, is the case, and there is probably no one who has not at least some slight passing interest in the story of this struggle. To the mathematician and the student of civilization the interest is generally a deep one; to the teacher of the elements of knowledge the interest may be less marked, but nevertheless it is real; and even the business man who makes daily use of the curious symbols by which we express the numbers of commerce, cannot fail to have some appreciation for the story of the rise and progress of these tools of his trade. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 22599
Author: Karpinski, Louis Charles
Release Date: Sep 14, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Contributor (Author): Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944


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