The Abacus: The World's First Computing System
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ISBN: 031210409X / Publisher: St Martin's Press, March 1995
Looks at the history of the abacus and includes instructions on using one.
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The abacus is as useful and effecient a machine today as it was when it was first created centures ago. Whether you're an expert in the latest computer technology or you're mastering arithmetic and word problems for the first time, it won't take long to learn the basics (and even the not-so-basics) of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing on this ingenious and fun-to-use mathematical tool.
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