Ancient Numbers

Calvin C. Clawson

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Mathematical Traveler, 1994, pp 49-76 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We have explored the history of counting from earliest hominids to modern Homo sapiens sapiens, the period from approximately five million years ago to eleven thousand years ago. Our story now continues with the dawn of farming in western Asia.

Keywords: Natural Number; Decimal Point; Positional System; Unit Fraction; Early Hominid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-6014-6_5

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