Books
Ziauddin Sardar,Jerry Ravetz

Introducing Mathematics

  • dianaluciushas quoted2 years ago
    Babylonian sexagesimal system has survived to this day. Circles have 360 degrees. Hours have sixty minutes. Minutes have sixty seconds.
  • Farid Rahimovhas quoted8 years ago
    The Chinese were very keen to get an accurate value of π. Liu Hui
  • Farid Rahimovhas quoted8 years ago
    paradox concerns Achilles
  • Farid Rahimovhas quoted8 years ago
    1 = urapon
    2 = ukasar
    3 = urapon-ukasar
    4 = ukasar-ukasa
  • dukccotroneohas quoted9 years ago
    The naming of numbers becomes an incantation, especially when we get to the bigger ones. Counting to a hundred becomes tedious, but getting to a thousand is like climbing a mountain! What is the last number, the biggest
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