Classic study discusses number sequence and language and explores written numerals and computations in many cultures. "The historian of mathematics will find much to interest him here both in the contents and viewpoint, while the casual reader is likely to be intrigued by the author's superior narrative ability." Library Journal. 282 illustrations.

List of Phonetic Symbols Number Sequence and Number Language Introduction The Number Sequence The Abstract Number Sequence The Number Sequence Used Concretely Expansion of the Number Sequence by Means of Supplementary Quantities Principles of the Number Sequence Historical Gradations Laws Governing the Formation of Number Words Our Number Words Indo-European Family Languages The Non-Indo-European Languages The Meaning of Our Number Words Was There a Babylonian Influence on Our Number Sequence? Hidden Number Words The Evolution of the Number Sequence Written Numerals and Computations Preface Introduction Finger Counting Finger Counting Folk Symbols for Numbers Tally Sticks Peasant Numerals Knots Used as Numerals Alphabetical Numerals The Gothic Numerals Letters and Numbers The Two Greek Sets of Numerals Some Other Connections Between Letters and Numbers The "German" Roman Numerals Roman Numerals in Cursive Form The Abacus The Nature of the Counting Board The Counting Board in Ancient Civilizations The Counting Board in the Early Middle Ages The Counting Board in the Later Middle Ages The Counters Our Own Numerals Place-Value Notation The Antecedents of Our Numerals The Westward Migration of the Indian Numerals The Indian Numerals in Western Europe Spoken Numbers and Number Symbols in China and Japan Far Eastern Number Systems Spoken Numbers Index

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