"The Arabic digits made actual calculations easily possible for the first time since Sumeria and ancient Egypt."
Just a smal point, but so-called "Arabic numerals" were actually a product of Hindu culture, exported by the Arabian empire into Europe. In keeping with a long-cherished white guy tradition, we just called them "Arabic" since they were introduced to us by Arabic people. http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~chip/projects/timeline/600oberlander.html http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Arabic_numerals Frank --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
