by Vicenç Torra · RBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498679908
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«Del ábaco a la revolución digital» is the popular mathematics essay by Vicenç Torra, published by RBA in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
The book traces the evolution of calculation tools, from prehistoric counting and the Roman abacus to calculators and computers, and explains how each culture's number systems shaped that development. A central theme is algorithms and computing as a response to the need for increasingly complex calculations.
Part of the 'El mundo es matemático' collection and RBA's 'Divulgación' series; published in 2011.
For readers of popular science interested in mathematics and the history of computing.
