[PDF.21uj] Ancient Computers, Part I - Rediscovery, Edition 2

Ancient Computers, Part I - Rediscovery, Edition 2

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 | #717792 in Books |  2013-07-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.19 x5.00l,.20 | File type: PDF | 74 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Sympathetic and plausible speculation about the tools/techniques of ancient human calculators|By Jacob Rus|Steve Stephenson, a retired engineer (and later retired schoolteacher) spent several years researching historical abacuses / counting boards, and thinking about how they might be used for complicated computations, taking the design of the Salamis Tablet (https://en.wikiped| |Ancient Computers is an excellent introduction to the calculating methods of diverse cultures across time. A mixture of history and practical techniques for understanding and using these ancient devices brings the tools of these long-forgotten ci

People, especially historians, have long struggled to appreciate and understand how Ancient Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, and Babylonians, et al, were able to do their arithmetic calculations. Many say the Ancients "probably" used line abacuses or abaci, a.k.a. counting boards. But most then trivialize the possible impact that use would have on the Ancient cultures because they really don't think those abaci would be very powerful and would be extremely hard to use.

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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Ancient Computers, Part I - Rediscovery, Edition 2   |  Stephen Kent Stephenson. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.

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