“Arab demographic momentum” has become part of the Israeli lexicon. Under this theory, the Arab sector, with its rapid population growth, will soon overwhelm the Jewish population, as “baby boom” ...

Kuwait is perhaps considered one of the very few countries in the world that uses two methods in numbering its correspondence, street numbers, vehicle plates, and other uses, depending on the policy ...

SACRAMENTO - There is no law in California requiring students to use Arabic numbers in schools - because they already do. Arabic numerals are what Europeans and Americans use: The 10-digit system. A ...

I was very interested by Jessica Hamzelou's report of newborn babies having a sense of a number line (26 August, p 9). Hamzelou notes that “in Western cultures, people tend to think of numbers ...