Georges Ifrah (1947 – 1 November 2019) was a teacher of mathematics, a French author and a self-taught historian of mathematics, especially numerals.
His work, From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbers (1985, 1994) was translated into multiple languages, became an international bestseller, and was included in American Scientist's list of "100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science", referring to the 20th century.[1] Despite popular acclaim, it has been broadly criticized by scholars.[2][3]
^Morrison, Philip; Morrison, Phylis (November–December 1999). "100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science". American Scientist. 87 (6). Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
^Dauben, Joseph; Georges Ifrah (January 2002). "Book Review: The Universal History of Numbers and The Universal History of Computing (part 1)" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 49 (1): 32–38. ISSN 0002-9920. Dauben, Joseph; Georges Ifrah (February 2002). "Book Review: The Universal History of Numbers and The Universal History of Computing (part 2)" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 49 (2): 211–216. ISSN 0002-9920.
^C. Philipp E. Nothaft: Medieval Europe’s satanic ciphers: on the genesis of a modern myth. British Journal for the History of Mathematics 35, 2020, doi:10.1080/26375451.2020.1726050.
GeorgesIfrah (1947 – 1 November 2019) was a teacher of mathematics, a French author and a self-taught historian of mathematics, especially numerals....
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work. While he did not use a symbol for zero, the French mathematician GeorgesIfrah argues that knowledge of zero was implicit in Aryabhata's place-value...
numbered 7 Carl B. Boyer, A History of Mathematics (1968) p.52, 2nd edn. GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention...
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chiffres, GeorgesIfrah, Robert Laffont, 1994. The Universal History of Numbers: From prehistory to the invention of the computer, GeorgesIfrah, ISBN 0-471-39340-1...
that they are alphabetic are, at best, educated guesses. Brahmi script GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention...
Bloom, F.; Gage, F.; Spitzer, N. New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. GeorgesIfrah. The Universal History of Numbers : From Prehistory to the Invention...
Hindu-Arabic numerals. Boston; London: Ginn and Company. pp. 27–29, 40–41. GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention...
Lightning Cup make up the Retro Grand Prix. List of highways numbered 4 GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention...
Mathematical Conversation Starters. MAA. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-88385-540-9. GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention...
Gvozdanović (ed.), Indo-European Numerals, Walter de Gruyter, 1992, 14f. GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention...
of the Nile caused the boundary of each person's land to disappear." GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers. Page 162 (cf., "As we have seen,...
Alexandria to Diyār Bakr. Ashgate. pp. 231–232. ISBN 978-0-86078-606-1. GeorgesIfrah (2001). The Universal History of Computing: From the Abacus to the Quantum...
Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2018. GeorgesIfrah, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention...
numerals are in decimal. For example, "10" means 9+1, and "12" means 9+3. GeorgesIfrah speculatively traced the origin of the duodecimal system to a system...
have come upon mathematical proportions by accident. The mathematician GeorgesIfrah notes that simple "tricks" with string and stakes can be used to lay...
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2014. George Gheverghese Joseph, The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics, Penguin Books, London, 1991, pp.140—148 GeorgesIfrah, Universalgeschichte...
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