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Reckonings : numerals, cognition, and history

By: Chrisomalis, Stephen.

Publisher: London : MIT Press, 2020Description: xvii, 245 p. ; ill., 24 cm.ISBN: 9780262044639.Subject(s): Number concept | Reckonings | Cognition | Abacus | Cherokeenumber words | Babylonian sexagesimal numerals | Body-Counting system | Cultural transmission | Diachronic analysis | Ethnocentrism | Finger reckoning | Frequency dependent bias | Greek acrophonic numerals | India | Italy | Lingiistic anthropology | Maya numerals | Numerical notation | Particularism | Roman numerals | Sexagesimal- numeration | Syllabic writing | Tamil numerals | Universalism | Vigesimal numeration | Western numerals | Zero | Chezokee numbers | Sequoyah numeralsDDC classification: 513.509 Summary: An anthropological exploration of evolving number systems and how they are used, and eventually displace, by newer number systems.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An anthropological exploration of evolving number systems and how they are used, and eventually displace, by newer number systems.

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