Saturday, August 7, 2010

History of Numbers

It's not actually the history of mathematics but the history of numbers. Nevertheless, I find this video a very good synthesis of the history of numbers. It's very informative and Grades 5 and 6 students can easily relate to it.

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  1. Anonymous is right. Al Kharazmi was Persina. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%E1%B8%A5ammad_ibn_M%C5%ABs%C4%81_al-Khw%C4%81rizm%C4%AB

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