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For a fresh account of the hows and whys of evolving number systems over the past 5500 years and on into the future, here's a book by cognitive anthropologist Stephen Chrisomalis. To accentuate this point, Chrisomalis observes that (p. 120):in southern India, although [a Western-like number system] was known very early there, it did not replace older notations. In an unusual children's book [[4]], mathematician Richard Evan Schwartz artistically depicts really big numbers using Western numerals embedded in recursive geometrical shapes. [Extracted from the article]

A review of the book "Hurling Words into Darkness: A Book Doctor's Dose of Brain Science for Writers," by Peter Gelfan, is presented.