The Decimal Point Is 150 Years Older than Historians Thought
The origin of the decimal point, a powerful calculation tool, has been traced back to a mathematician who lived during the Italian Renaissance
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The origin of the decimal point, a powerful calculation tool, has been traced back to a mathematician who lived during the Italian Renaissance
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