In 'The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development' by Levi L. Conant, readers are taken on a comprehensive journey through the history and evolution of numerical systems. Conant thoroughly examines the...

In 'The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development' by Levi L. Conant, readers are taken on a scholarly journey through the evolution of the number concept, exploring its origins and development in a...

Among the speculative questions which arise in connection with the study of arithmetic from a historical standpoint, the origin of number is one that has provoked much lively discussion, and has led to...