Thursday, January 1, 2009

I've never really wondered how the did multiplication...

http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2008/12/roman_numerals_and_arithmetic_1.php

But now that I've read about it - it's fascinating...

It's amazing how some things that seem so obvious and second nature are actually really very dependent on the time and culture one comes from.

No wonder it's difficult for different ethnic groups to get along :(

-- Robert