Re: "Arabic Numerals"

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Thomas Chan wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mariano de Vierna y Carles-Torl€ ©á ‘×rote:
>
> > 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.

FWIW, this book has also been translated in Italian:

Storia universale dei numeri.
Mondadori, 1991. 30.000 lire (del '91)

Currently the book is out of print. I have not seen it.


Cheers,
Pierpaolo