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Name of the Number
EN NW EBISBN: 9780864317575 bzw. 0864317573, in Englisch, Australian Council for Educational Research, neu, E-Book.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Ebook for download.
Language Arts & Disciplines, The Name of the Number, The Name of the Number We're used to the idea that closely related' languages have words that are similar to English. For example, the word for three' in Latin, French, Italian and German is tres', trois', tre' and drei'. But did you know that the word for three' in Sanskrit is trayah'? How can words from completely different languages and cultures be so similar? Why do unrelated languages like English, Japanese and Chinese all possess a base ten' counting system? Did you know that the Latin root of the word calculate' means pebble'? The Name of the Number looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation has been structured, the history and prehistory of number concepts, and the evolution of numerical representation (in word and symbol). These themes are explored through the various expressions of number-concepts in different cultures in different places and times. eBook.
Language Arts & Disciplines, The Name of the Number, The Name of the Number We're used to the idea that closely related' languages have words that are similar to English. For example, the word for three' in Latin, French, Italian and German is tres', trois', tre' and drei'. But did you know that the word for three' in Sanskrit is trayah'? How can words from completely different languages and cultures be so similar? Why do unrelated languages like English, Japanese and Chinese all possess a base ten' counting system? Did you know that the Latin root of the word calculate' means pebble'? The Name of the Number looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation has been structured, the history and prehistory of number concepts, and the evolution of numerical representation (in word and symbol). These themes are explored through the various expressions of number-concepts in different cultures in different places and times. eBook.
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The Name of the Number
EN NWISBN: 9780864317575 bzw. 0864317573, in Englisch, Australian Council Educational Research (ACER), neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, in-stock.
Looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation has been structured, the history and prehistory of number concepts, and the evolution of numerical representation (in word and symbol). These themes are explored through the various expressions of number-concepts in different cultures in different places and times.
Looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation has been structured, the history and prehistory of number concepts, and the evolution of numerical representation (in word and symbol). These themes are explored through the various expressions of number-concepts in different cultures in different places and times.
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