The triumph of arithmetical algorithms over the conventional abacus for calculation. Classic woodcut of Arithmetica (or the Allegory of Arithmetic) supervising a contest between Boëthius, representing written calculation using Hindu-Arabic numbers, and Py
The triumph of arithmetical algorithms over the conventional abacus for calculation. Classic woodcut of Arithmetica (or the Allegory of Arithmetic) supervising a contest between Boëthius, representing written calculation using Hindu-Arabic numbers, and Pythagoras, represented as using a counting board. From the Margarita philosophica (Pearl of Wisdom) of Gregor Reisch (1467 - 1525). The first edition was published in 1503. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, commonly called Boethius (480-524/525 AD) was a philosopher of the early 6th century. Pythagoras of Samos, "Pythagoras the Samian", (570- 495 BC) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician.
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