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Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)
Raffaele Danna discusses his book, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals," which examines the spread of Indo-Arabic numerals and practical arithmetic in Western Europe between 1200 and 1600. He explains how merchants, schoolmasters, and artisans facilitated this transition…