Where do numbers come from?
Do you know why numbers look like they do? Someone, at some point in time,
had to create their shapes and meaning.
Watch this short presentation and then you will know how the Arabic
numbers were originally created long time ago and what logic the
creators used to determine their shapes. It is really
very simple and quite creative.
One would have to admire the intelligence of a person who created something so
simple and perfect that it has lasted for thousands and thousands of years
and probably will never change.
When the presentation gets to the number “seven” you will notice that the
7 has a line through the middle of it. That was the way the Arabic 7 was
originally written, and in Europe and certain other areas they still
write the 7 that way. Also, in the military they commonly write it that
way. Now you’ll learn why.
The nine has a kind of a curly tail on it which has been reduced for the
most part nowadays to a simple curve, but the original logic involved
still applies.
Short video
