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Departmental Colloquium


Date: Tuesday, Apr 17, 2007

Time: 4:15PM

Location: JWB 335

Tuesday


Bill Casselman

University of British Columbia

Title

An illustrated history of written numbers

Abstract

This talk will present some snapshots from the history of numerals, mostly photographs of various systems, dating from Sumer (3400 B.C.) to the early Renaissance.

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