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Numbers and the Making of Us: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures

內容簡介

內容簡介 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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各界推薦 “This is bold, heady stuff… The breadth of research Everett covers is impressive, and allows him to develop a narrative that is both global and compelling… Numbers is eye-opening, even eye-popping.” ―New Scientist “A powerful and convincing case for Everett’s main thesis: that numbers are neither natural nor innate to humans.” ―Wall Street Journal

作者介紹

作者介紹 Caleb EverettCaleb Everett is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Miami.

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