Down with the Decimals! The Latest American Crusade
Anon
Genre: | Abstract |
Publications abstracted: | William B Smith Educational Review |
Subjects: | Mathematics |
Observes that the 'English-speaking man [...] can lift up his head in pride when he reads [...] that his refusal to count by tens instead of by twelves is the hallmark of a superior civilization'. | |
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