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link.springer.com faviconWhy Did Thomas Harriot Invent Binary? | The Mathematical Intelligencer

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Thomas Harriot invented binary numeration around 1601-1605 based on his idiosyncratic method of recording part-ounce weights in power-of-2 ratios, decades before Leibniz.