Chapter 2: Europe in the Middle Ages
The Industrial Revolutions
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The Rise and Fall of Mathematics in the Middle Ages
Pope Sylvester II spent some time in Barcelona, where he was exposed to Hindu Arabic numerals. Those Europeans who could read and write at the time were still using old Latin numbers like I or V. Leonardo studied mathematics there, using Hindu Arabic numeral,. He grew up to be perhaps the greatest mathematician of the Middle Ages.
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