Saturday, August 30, 2008

HOW THEY COUNT IN CHINA — by Steve Nadis

I’ve been at a conference for a mathematician in honor of his 59th birthday, but I’d been puzzled as to why they didn’t wait a year for the birthday celebration. Last night I found out: He is Chinese, and in China you are one year old the instant you’re born.  We count 0,1,2, 3… They start their counting at 1. Which is why, at least in this category, China will always be ahead of us.
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  1. Anonymous says:
    August 30, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Ignore this comment. [Don't comment]
    I just wanted to reset your Comment counter
    to the chinese(0).

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