THE CURSE OF COUNTING AND THE DESTINY OF DATA
Writing numbers for counting and record-keeping predates the art of writing by a considerable margin. Never in the history of humankind has the urge to count and to measure everything been so prevalent as today. Numbers were traditionally used to count, measure, and label, but simple numbers have tr...
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| Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch University
2018-11-01
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| Series: | South African Journal of Industrial Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2059 |