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The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600 Raffaele Danna
The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600
Raffaele Danna
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.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 28, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674279339 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 440 |
| Dimensions | 169 × 241 × 41 mm · 874 g |