The Material Origin Of Numbers
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The Material Origin Of Numbers
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Author : Karenleigh Anne Overmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Material Origin Of Numbers written by Karenleigh Anne Overmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
"The Material Origin of Numbers examines how number concepts are realized, represented, manipulated, and elaborated. Utilizing the cognitive archaeological framework of Material Engagement Theory and culling data from disciplines including neuroscience, ethnography, linguistics, and archaeology, Overmann offers a methodologically rich study of numbers and number concepts in the ancient Near East from the late Upper Paleolithic Period through the Bronze Age"--
The Number Concept
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Author : Levi Leonard Conant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Number Concept written by Levi Leonard Conant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Number concept categories.
The Number Concept
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Author : Levi Leonard Conant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-06-25
The Number Concept written by Levi Leonard Conant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-25 with categories.
This is a book which though small bears evidence of a wonderful amount of research and labor. The author, Professor Conant, has drawn from every possible source to give the reader information upon the origin of number, the use ol numerals, the terms used in mathematics, in the weights and measures, and in every conceivable direction where number comes into use. At first sight the book seems to be dry, or, to say the least, adapted only to the comprehension of those to whom mathematics is a delight or a necessity; but as one looks over the pages very interesting matter is revealed and there is an immense amount of information written in a very attractive style. --"The Buffalo Commercial."Prof. L. L. Conant, of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in his opening chapter on "Counting'' in his just published work on " The Number Concept, Its Origin and Development," says: "Among the speculative questions which arise in connection with the study of arithmetic from a historical standpoint the origin of number is one that has provoked the most lively discussion and has led to a great amount of learned research among the primitive and savage languages of the human race.Prof. Conant can find no trace in the history of even the most barbarous tribes where there is not at least some familiarity with the number concept. This knowledge is in some cases extremely limited. Among some of the forest tribes of Brazil and the native races of Australia the knowledge of numbers does not go beyond 1 and 2, or 1, 2 and 3, but there is the knowledge all the same. There is at least the concept even in the lowest condition of savagery of a difference between one and two, or at least between one and many.Some idea of the scope of this most interesting work may be had from the chapter titles, Counting, Number System Limits, Origin of Number Words, Miscellaneous Number Bases, The Quinary System, and the Vigesimal System. The work shows great research and Prof. Conant has drawn as far as possible upon original resources. He has also taken great care in the selection of his authorities, and makes his work an attractive one even to those who have little or no interest in mathematics. --"The Boston Daily Advertiser."
The Universal History Of Numbers
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Author : Georges Ifrah
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 2000-10-09
The Universal History Of Numbers written by Georges Ifrah and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-09 with Mathematics categories.
"Georges Ifrah is the man. This book, quite simply, rules. . . . It is outstanding . . . a mind-boggling and enriching experience." –The Guardian (London) "Monumental. . . . a fascinating journey taking us through many different cultures."–The Times (London)"Ifrah’s book amazes and fascinates by the scope of its scholarship. It is nothing less than the history of the human race told through figures." –International Herald Tribune Now in paperback, here is Georges Ifrah’s landmark international bestseller–the first complete, universal study of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over. A riveting history of counting and calculating, from the time of the cave dwellers to the twentieth century, this fascinating volume brings numbers to thrilling life, explaining their development in human terms, the intriguing situations that made them necessary, and the brilliant achievements in human thought that they made possible. It takes us through the numbers story from Europe to China, via ancient Greece and Rome, Mesopotamia, Latin America, India, and the Arabic countries. Exploring the many ways civilizations developed and changed their mathematical systems, Ifrah imparts a unique insight into the nature of human thought–and into how our understanding of numbers and the ways they shape our lives have changed and grown over thousands of years. "Dazzling."–Kirkus Reviews "Sure to transfix readers."–PublishersWeekly
The Number Concept
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Author : Levi L Conant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-21
The Number Concept written by Levi L Conant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-21 with categories.
Among the speculative questions which arise in connection with the study of arithmetic from a historical standpoint, the origin of number is one that has provoked much lively discussion, and has led to a great amount of learned research among the primitive and savage languages of the human race. A few simple considerations will, however, show that such research must necessarily leave this question entirely unsettled, and will indicate clearly that it is, from the very nature of things, a question to which no definite and final answer can be given.Among the barbarous tribes whose languages have been studied, even in a most cursory manner, none have ever been discovered which did not show some familiarity with the number concept. The knowledge thus indicated has often proved to be most limited; not extending beyond the numbers 1 and 2, or 1, 2, and 3. Examples of this poverty of number knowledge are found among the forest tribes of Brazil, the native races of Australia and elsewhere, and they are considered in some detail in the next chapter. At first thought it seems quite inconceivable that any human being should be destitute of the power of counting beyond 2. But such is the case; and in a few instances languages have been found to be absolutely destitute of pure numeral words.
The Materiality Of Numbers
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Author : Karenleigh A. Overmann
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-25
The Materiality Of Numbers written by Karenleigh A. Overmann and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-25 with Social Science categories.
This is a book about numbers – what they are as concepts and how and why they originate – as viewed through the material devices used to represent and manipulate them. Fingers, tallies, tokens, and written notations, invented in both ancestral and contemporary societies, explain what numbers are, why they are the way they are, and how we get them. Overmann is the first to explore how material devices contribute to numerical thinking, initially by helping us to visualize and manipulate the perceptual experience of quantity that we share with other species. She explores how and why numbers are conceptualized and then elaborated, as well as the central role that material objects play in both processes. Overmann's volume thus offers a view of numerical cognition that is based on an alternative set of assumptions about numbers, their material component, and the nature of the human mind and thinking.
The Emergence Of Number
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Author : John N. Crossley
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
Release Date : 1987
The Emergence Of Number written by John N. Crossley and has been published by World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Mathematics categories.
Numbers
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Author : Graham Flegg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Numbers written by Graham Flegg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Number theory categories.
Numbers Through The Ages
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Author : Graham Flegg
language : en
Publisher: Sheridan House Incorporated
Release Date : 1989
Numbers Through The Ages written by Graham Flegg and has been published by Sheridan House Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Arithmetic categories.
The material of this book originally formed part of the Open University course AM289 History of Mathematics.
The Number Concept
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Author : Levi L Conant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-21
The Number Concept written by Levi L Conant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-21 with categories.
Among the speculative questions which arise in connection with the study of arithmetic from a historical standpoint, the origin of number is one that has provoked much lively discussion, and has led to a great amount of learned research among the primitive and savage languages of the human race. A few simple considerations will, however, show that such research must necessarily leave this question entirely unsettled, and will indicate clearly that it is, from the very nature of things, a question to which no definite and final answer can be given.Among the barbarous tribes whose languages have been studied, even in a most cursory manner, none have ever been discovered which did not show some familiarity with the number concept. The knowledge thus indicated has often proved to be most limited; not extending beyond the numbers 1 and 2, or 1, 2, and 3. Examples of this poverty of number knowledge are found among the forest tribes of Brazil, the native races of Australia and elsewhere, and they are considered in some detail in the next chapter. At first thought it seems quite inconceivable that any human being should be destitute of the power of counting beyond 2. But such is the case; and in a few instances languages have been found to be absolutely destitute of pure numeral words.