Numerical Notation: A Comparative HistoryThis book is a cross cultural reference volume of all attested numerical notation systems (graphic, non phonetic systems for representing numbers), encompassing more than 100 such systems used over the past 5,500 years. Using a typology that defies progressive, unilinear evolutionary models of change, Stephen Chrisomalis identifies five basic types of numerical notation systems, using a cultural phylogenetic framework to show relationships between