The Abacus: The World's First Computing System: Where it Comes From, How it Works, and How to Use it to Perform Mathermatical Feats Great and Small
by Jesse Dilson
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Author: Jesse DilsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-03-15
ISBN: 031210409X
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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- ISBN13: 9780312104092
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: The Abacus: The World's First Computer System + Abacus
Summary: 1 Stars
The text is poorly written and too much text is spent on explaining ancient counting devices and very little text explaining the abacus. The amount of time spent explaining the use of the abacus itself could be considered an 'epilogue' in back of the book and is completely in error with very poor examples for its operation. It is a shame that this book is still on the market. I do NOT recommend this paperback in spite of the free -- somewhat small -- abacus.
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The abacus is as useful and effecient 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.General Books
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