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
| 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.
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.
