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The Abacus: The World's First Computing System: Where It Comes From, How It Works, and How to Use It to Perform Mathematical Feats Great and Small Paperback - 2007

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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.

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Mention the number 10, and people will say, "Now there's a round number."

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  • Title The Abacus: The World's First Computing System: Where It Comes From, How It Works, and How to Use It to Perform Mathematical Feats Great and Small
  • Author Jesse Dilson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition PCK PAP/AC
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Griffin, New York
  • Publication date September 4, 2007
  • ISBN 9780312104092 / 031210409X
  • Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.29 x 5.72 x 1.01 in (21.06 x 14.53 x 2.57 cm)
  • Category Mathematics
  • Library of Congress subjects Abacus
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 93043387
  • Dewey Decimal Code 681.14

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Jesse Dilson's classic text, The Abacus, was initially published nearly forty years ago.

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