Numbers and the Making of Us

Counting and the Course of Human Cultures

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Science & Nature, Science
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Author: Caleb Everett ISBN: 9780674979147
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: March 13, 2017
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Caleb Everett
ISBN: 9780674979147
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: March 13, 2017
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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