New Numbers: How Acceptance of a Duodecimal (12) Base Would Simplify Mathematics |
Contents
A DISCOVERY | 13 |
HOW COUNTING BEGAN | 17 |
PRACTICAL OPERATION OF THE TEN SYSTEM | 31 |
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