Do
you ever wonder how the shape of digits were designed?
What is
logic behind numbers?
The
numbers we all use (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) are known as “arabic”
numbers to distinguish them from the “Roman Numerals” (I, II,
III, IV, V, VI, etc). Actually the Arabs popularized these numbers
but they were originally used by the early phonecian traders to count
and keep track of their trading accounts.
Have
you ever thought why …….. 1 means “one”, and 2 means “two”?
The roman numerals are easy to understand but what was the logic
behind the phonecian numbers?
It’s
all about angles !
It’s
the number of angles. If one writes the numbers down (see below) on a
piece of paper in their older forms, one quickly sees why. Angle are
marked with “o”s.No 1 has one angle.No 2 has two angles.No 3 has
three angles.etc.and “O” has no angles
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