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Raffaele Danna

The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600

The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600

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Format: Hardback
Length: 440 pages
Publication date: 24 April 2026
Publisher: Harvard University Press

In medieval and early modern Europe, the transition from Roman to Indo-Arabic numerals enabled their users to make key commercial and mathematical advances. Raffaele Danna shows how hundreds of ordinary merchants, schoolteachers, and artisans facilitated these developments, reconstructing the impact of practical mathematics across three centuries.

Weight: 830g
Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780674279339

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