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The number system we use as in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc.... is descended from the Hindu-Arabic Number System, although there are still some minor differences, that's where it comes from. Primarily Western Arabic Numerals.

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Who gave the decimal system of number to the world?

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz published a paper in 1703, which documented the base-2, or binary number system. There were other earlier uses of base-2 numbers, but Leibniz is given credit for the binary system in use, today. I found several articles, but the Wikipedia article is probably the best one that I came across. See related link.


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As far back as folk needed to count things - the number of sheep, the number of bottles of oil etc. The simplest counting systems are still seen today, for example, the number of kills a pilot has are shown as several glyphs representing planes. The quality of consumer products is commonly rated using a star system to indicate the performance, and thus allow different products to be compared. The Babylonians formalized this into cuneiform marks, and from this start, written language developed. The Hindi gave us zero (meaning 'leave a space'), then borrowed by the Arabs who gave it the name cipher.


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He is famous today because made an important scientific discovery in the year 285 BC.He once calculated the number of sand grains it would take to fill the whole universe!!One day he got into his bath and his water overflowed onto the floor, that gave him an idea...


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