The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals

How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600

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In medieval and early modern Europe, the transition from Roman to Indo-Arabic numerals enabled their users to make key commercial and mathematical advances. Raffaele Danna shows how hundreds of ordinary merchants, schoolteachers, and artisans facilitated these developments, reconstructing the impact of practical mathematics across three centuries.
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Danna, Raffaele
Titel
The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals
Uitgever
Harvard University Press
Jaar
2026
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
440
EAN
9780674279339
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