Adam Ries

contemporary portrait Adam Ries (17 January 1492 – 30 March 1559) was a German mathematician. He is also known by the name Adam Riese. He is known as the "father of modern calculating" because of his decisive contribution to the recognition that Roman numerals are unpractical and to their replacement by the considerably more practical Arabic numerals. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Rechenbuch, Vff Linien vnnd Ziphren : Jn allerley Hantierung, Geschefften vnd Kauffmannschafft ; Mit newen künstlichen Regeln vnd Exemplen gemehrt
    by Ries, Adam
    Published 1991
    Other Authors: “…Ries, Adam…”
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