For centuries, the ancient Romans calculated sums with their clunky numerals: I, V, X, L, C, D, and M; or one, five, ten, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000. They knew nothing better. Then, Western Europe’s ...

We all harbor one particular prejudice. We are each and every one of us irrevocably focused on and devoted to our number system in base ten. Our languages, our engineering discussions, our methods, ...