(:title New in the world:)

Announcements and news related to the history of calculation which has come to the attention of '/Things that Count/':

*Detlef Zerfowski has published a compendious new book [[https://www.zerfowski.com/rechengeraete.php#book_Ad|'/Our World-wide Knowledge on Calculating Machines, Slide Rules and Calculating Tools: An Approach for a Comprehensive Overview of the Knowledge from Past until Present./']] of 1574 pages 13 years to compile this book more than 9000 references on articles and books on mechanical calculating and over 9000 patents.

*Denise Schmandt-Besserat has edited a new scholarly book:  '/Symbols at ‘Ain Ghazal/', ‘Ain Ghazal Excavation Reports 3, bibliotheca neolithica Asiae meridionalis et occidentals & Yarmouk University, Monograph of the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2013. Includes 368 pages, 139 figures (including 5 colour illustrations), 38 plates, 3 tables obtainable in hardcover through [[http://www.exoriente.org/bookshop|ex orient bookshop]].