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The programme describes and discusses the change in Western Europe from the rise of Roman numerals and the abacus to calculations on paper using the Hindu-Arabic decimal place value system.
The programme describes and discusses the change in Western Europe from the rise of Roman numerals and the abacus to calculations on paper using the Hindu-Arabic decimal place value system.
| Module code and title: | AM289, History of mathematics |
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| Item code: | AM289; 06 |
| Recording date: | 05-02-1975 |
| First transmission date: | 29-05-1976 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:45 |
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| Producer: | Jean Nunn |
| Contributors: | Graham Flegg; Mohammed Mehdi |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Master spool number: | BLN06FW257 |
| Production number: | BLN06FW257 |
| Available to public: | no |
