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Numbers and the Making of Us

Counting and the Course of Human Cultures

Bibliographic Data

ID7097982
AuthorsCaleb Everett (0000-0002-5889-3935, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages312
Publication date2017-03-13
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueNumbers and the Making of Us (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherHarvard University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.4159/9780674979185
OpenAlexW2889601024
Open LibraryOL29762174M
ISBN9780674979185
LanguageEN
Citations received35

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

Astronomy · Course (navigation · Physics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Counting · Cross-cultural studies · Number concept · Numeration

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