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Stephen RobertsonPublished On
2020-10-22Page Range
pp. 115-122Print Length
7 pages
10 Calculation
- Stephen Robertson (author)
Chapter of: B C, Before Computers: On Information Technology from Writing to the Age of Digital Data(pp. 115–122)
Here, the author discusses the development of ideas around mechanical calculation, from the abacus on. The chapter ends with a discussion of the different ways numbers may be represented and calculated with in a computer.