Methodological reflections on typologies for numerical notations

Science in Context

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-195

  Widom, Theodore Reed ^a   Schlimm, Dirk ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84862702091     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: 14740664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889712000038     Document Type: Article

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