STORY OF OUR NUMBER SYSTEM

Duration: 11 min

Year Published: 1958

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Traces the historical development of numbers, discussing the counting systems of the Babylonian Empire, the Mayan civilization, and Rome; the development of calculating with the abacus; the need for a place holder, which became the zero; and the probable development of present-day symbols

Complete Record: Source: Coronet Interest level: el-jh-sh Guide: Guide Price: $60, color $110 Format: sd b&w Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 57-1035

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)