History of mathematics
by David Eugene Smith · first published 1923
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Your History of Mathematics is great, but I prefer the two volume work by D.E. Smith. Here's volume 1: http://www.amazon.com/History-Mathematics-Vol-Dover-Books/dp...
on “Great books about mathematics” ↗…from left to right. A detailed account of the subsequent propagation of decimal numeration and arithmetic into all parts of Europe during the period 1200-1600 has been given by David Eugene Smith in his History of Mathematics I, chapters 6 and 8."
on “Ask HN: Why is the number of greatest magnitude on the left?” ↗This bit of speculation goes back at least to David Eugene Smith (1925), "History of Mathematics", volume II, page 59: "There is a possibility that the Romans avoided IV, the initials of IVPITER, just as the Hebrews avoided יה in writing 15, as the Babylonians avoided their natural form for 19,…
on “The Mystery of Numerical Notation on the Dial Plate – 4 Is Expressed as IIII” ↗