ALBERTA ARITHMETIC

By V. MARAN

PART I: THE RELEVANCE OF THE PAST 1 TOOLS OF THE INTELLECT 2 THE WORLD IN SYMBOLS 3 AN ANCIENT TOOL GIVES RISE TO MODERN MATHEMATICS 4 THE ANCIENTS PERFORM MIRACLES WITH NUMBERS PART II: THE SPECTACULAR FUSION OF CALCULATION WITH WRITING AUTHOR’S NOTE 5 NUMERAL FORMATIONS COME TO ARITHMETIC 6 THE SYMMETRY OF REPETITION 7 DANCE OF THE DIGITS 8 THE HIGHEST MATHEMATICAL FACULTIES 9 THE POWDER KEG OF ARITHMETIC EDUCATION CONTENTS PART III: BEAUTIFUL DREAMS AND HORRIBLE NIGHTMARES 10 TRIUMPH OF THE NUMERALS 11 FROM THE FRONTIER TO THE CLASSROOM PART IV ILLUMINATIONS 12 SYMBOLIC ILLUMINATIONS 13 GENERAL RÉSUMÉ