Numbers and the Making of Us: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures

Number concepts are a human invention developed and refined over millennia. They allow us to grasp quantities precisely: recent research shows that most specific quantities are not perceived in the absence of a number system. Numbers are not innate or universal; yet without them, the world as we kno...

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Main Author: Everett, Caleb (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2017]
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Summary:Number concepts are a human invention developed and refined over millennia. They allow us to grasp quantities precisely: recent research shows that most specific quantities are not perceived in the absence of a number system. Numbers are not innate or universal; yet without them, the world as we know it would not exist
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages) 7 halftones, 1 line illustration
ISBN:9780674979185
DOI:10.4159/9780674979185

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