The Anthropology of Numbers Paperback / softback
by Thomas Crump
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology series
Paperback / softback
Description
Numbers are an important feature of almost all known cultures.
In this detailed anthropological study, Thomas Crump examines how people from a wide range of diverse cultures, and from different historical backgrounds, use and understand numbers.
By looking at the logical, psychological and linguistic implications, he analyses how numbers operate within different contexts.
The author goes on to consider the relationship of numbers to specific themes, such as ethnoscience, politics, measurement, time, money, music, games and architecture.
The Anthropology of Numbers is an original contribution to scholarship, written in a clear and accessible style.
It will be of interest to anthropologists who study cognition, symbolism, primitive thought and classification, and to those in adjacent disciplines of psychology, cognitive science and mathematical social science.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:212 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/10/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521438070
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:212 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/10/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521438070
