The abacus : the world's first computing system: where it comes from, how it works, and how to use it to perform mathematical feats great and small
(1994)
By:
Dilson, Jesse
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
513.028/DILSON,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1994
DESCRIPTION
143 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
031210409X (pbk.) :, 9780312104092 (pbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The abacus is as useful and efficient a machine today as it was when it was first created centures ago. Whether you're an expert in the latest computer technology or you're mastering arithmetic and word problems for the first time, it won't take long to learn the basics (and even the not-so-basics) of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing on this ingenious and fun-to-use mathematical tool