[math-fun] Article about ancient calculting tables
Note rogue line break in URL --- http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/27-01-2014/126683-ancient_chinese_cal... "Later, he ordered to burn many books and banned private libraries in an attempt to reverse the country's intellectual tradition." Maybe Mao's "great leap forward" (sic) observed a well-established custom after all --- who knew? WFL On 4/6/14, David Wilson <davidwwilson@comcast.net> wrote:
http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/27-01-2014/126683-ancient_chinese_cal culator-0/
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-----Original Message----- From: math-fun-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:math-fun- bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Fred Lunnon Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 10:16 AM To: math-fun Subject: Re: [math-fun] Article about ancient calculting tables
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http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/27-01-2014/126683- ancient_chinese_calculator-0/
"Later, he ordered to burn many books and banned private libraries in an attempt to reverse the country's intellectual tradition."
Maybe Mao's "great leap forward" (sic) observed a well-established custom after all --- who knew?
WFL
On 4/6/14, David Wilson <davidwwilson@comcast.net> wrote:
http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/27-01-2014/126683-ancient_chine se_cal culator-0/
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I still remember fondly the IBM 1620 (model I) with its "table lookup" arithmetic, including a multiplication table. We had a lot of fun trying to figure out what could be done with it; I don't recall anything particularly interesting. At 06:31 AM 4/6/2014, David Wilson wrote:
http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/27-01-2014/126683-ancient_chinese_cal...
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