The Hindu Arabic Numerals, Annotated

This annotated and updated edition of Smith and Karpinski's classic remains a monument of scholarship. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals presents a clear history of the modern number system. Smith and Karpinski’s book is remarkably free of the cultural biases which characterize works of this period, and this coupled with the extensive footnotes and references make this volume a suitable introduction to the subject over one hundred years after its initial publication.