The abacus is the most ancient calculating device known. It has endured over time and is still in use in some countries. An abacus consists of a wooden frame, rods, and beads. Each rod represents a different place value—ones, tens, hundreds,...

The abacus is a mechanical aid used to perform arithmetic calculations (sometimes called bead arithmetic). It is believed that the counting board, ancestor of the abacus, first appeared around 3000 B.C. as an arrangement of sand and pebbles and was...

The abacus is an ancient calculating machine. This simple apparatus is about 5,000 years old and is thought to have originated in Babylon. As the concepts of zero and Arabic number notation became widespread, basic math functions became simpler, and...

The abacus, an ancient calculating device, probably originated in Babylon around 2400 B. C. E. as a "counting box." It was the world's first calculator, and contemporary versions are still in use today. An abacus is a wooden or...

An abacus (plurals abacuses or abaci), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool for performing arithmetic processes. Nowadays, abaci are often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires, but originally they were beads or stones...

Humanism extended beyond the arena of arts and letters to the political and financial worlds during the Renaissance. This may be seen in the influence of Neoplatonic thought on a group of merchants in Siena, Italy, and Giovanni di Rinaldo Tolomei, a cashier at...

Philologos Forward 09-23-2005 Avi Atias, my computer technician in Israel, has a small company called Abacus. The other day, I asked him how he came to choose the name. "A friend suggested it," he said. "I was looking for a word that...

It could be said that Irishman Fionn Regan’s music is delicate. It could also be said, and one wouldn’t be wrong in thinking so, that it’s strong, with mighty musicianship and luminescent lyrics. Listening to the twelve tracks on his debut album this dichotomy swirls...

Some gifts given to Bush administration officials and other federal employees from foreign leaders and friends in 2006, as released by the State Department. Recipients usually have to turn over pricier gifts to the U.S. government.President Bush:_ A CD titled "Junichiro Koizumi Presents: My Favorite...