Numbers and the making of us : counting and the course of human cultures

By:

Everett, Caleb

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge Harvard 2017Description: 297pISBN:

9780674504431

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

513.211 EVE

Summary: "Prologue: On the Success of Our Species I. Numbers Pervade the Human Experience 1. Numbers Woven into Our Present 2. Numbers Carved into Our Past 3. A Numerical Journey around the World Today 4. Beyond Number Words: Other Kinds of Numeric Language II. Worlds without Numbers 5. Anumeric People Today 6. Quantities in the Minds of Young Children 7. Quantities in the Minds of Animals III. Numbers and the Shaping of Our Lives 8. Inventing Numbers and Arithmetic 9. Numbers and Culture: Subsistence and Symbolism 10. Transformative Tools"

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Mathematics	513.211 EVE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		000290

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"Prologue: On the Success of Our Species
I. Numbers Pervade the Human Experience
1. Numbers Woven into Our Present
2. Numbers Carved into Our Past
3. A Numerical Journey around the World Today
4. Beyond Number Words: Other Kinds of Numeric Language
II. Worlds without Numbers
5. Anumeric People Today
6. Quantities in the Minds of Young Children
7. Quantities in the Minds of Animals
III. Numbers and the Shaping of Our Lives
8. Inventing Numbers and Arithmetic
9. Numbers and Culture: Subsistence and Symbolism
10. Transformative Tools"

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