Translation of: Zahlwort und Ziffer. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, 1969. Includes index.
Contents:
Number sequence and number language: Number sequence: Abstract number sequence -- Number sequence used concretely -- Expansion of the number sequence by means of supplementary quantities -- Principles of the number sequence -- Historical gradations -- Laws governing the formation of number words -- Our number words: Indo-European family languages -- Non-indo-European languages -- Meaning of our number words -- Was there a Babylonian influence on our number sequence? -- Hidden number words -- Evolution of the number sequence -- Written numerals and computations: Finger counting: Finger counting -- Folk symbols for numbers: Tally sticks -- Peasant numerals -- Knots used as numerals -- Alphabetical numerals: Gothic numerals -- Letters and numbers -- Two Greek sets of numerals -- Some other connections between letters and numbers -- German "Roman numerals: Roman numerals in cursive form -- Abacus: Nature of the counting board -- Counting board in ancient civilizations -- Counting board in the early middle ages -- Counting board in the later middle ages -- Counting -- Our own numerals: Place-value notation -- Antecedents of our numerals -- Westward migration of the Indian numerals -- Indian numerals in western Europe -- Spoken numbers and number symbols in China and Japan: Far Eastern number systems -- Spoken numbers -- Index.
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