Thomas Crump

The Anthropology of Numbers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thomas Crump examines how people from a wide range of diverse cultures, and from different historical backgrounds, use and understand numbers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780521438070
• ISBN-10: 0521438071
• Artikelnr.: 21111290

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The ontology of number
2. The cognitive foundations of numeracy
3. Number and language
4. Cosmology, society and politics
5. Economy, society and politics
6. Measurement, comparison and equivalence
7. Time
8. Money
9. Music poetry and dance
10. Games and chance
11. Art and architecture
12. The ecology of number
Notes
References
Index.