Re: "Arabic Numerals"

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mariano de Vierna y Carles-Torl� wrote:

> May be one of the best if not the best book about the history
> of numbers is the book:
> "Les chiffres ou l'histoire d'une grande invention"
> by Georges Ifrah
> and of wich probably there is an English translation.

I believe that (or a similar book by Ifrah) has been translated as _The
Universal History of Numbers_, published by John Wiley & Sons. There's
hardcover and paperback versions. I found it in the bookstore among the
math, astronomy, physics, etc section.


Thomas Chan
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