What is Fraction in Science ?

In India fractions were written very much like we do now

with one number (the numerator) above another (the denominator), but without a line

So here we have the fraction as we now recognise it

It is amazing to think how much thought has gone into the way we write it down, isn't it

Perhaps next time you use fractions, you'll remember this.

"The Universal History of Numbers" by Georges Ifrah, published by Harvill, is also a fantastic source of information.

Perhaps you could find out about other civilisation's number systems