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100 1 Everett, Caleb,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n2013037172|eauthor.
245 10 Numbers and the making of us :|bcounting and the course of
human cultures /|cCaleb Everett.
264 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts :|bHarvard University Press,
|c2017.
264 4 |c©2017
300 1 online resource (viii, 297 pages)
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Prologue: On the success of our species -- Part 1. Numbers
pervade the human experience. 1. Numbers woven into our
present ; 2. Numbers carved into our past ; 3. A numerical
journey around the world today ; 4. Beyond number words :
other kinds of numeric language -- Part 2. Worlds without
numbers. 5. Anumeric people today ; 6. Quantities in the
minds of young children ; 7. Quantities in the minds of
animals -- Part 3. Numbers and the shaping of our lives.
8. Inventing numbers and arithmetic ; 9. Numbers and
culture : subsistence and symbolism ; 10. Transformative
tools.
520 Numbers and the Making of Us examines the origins and
effects of numbers--words and other symbols for
quantities. It focuses on the influence that numbers have
had on human thought. As a result of this influence, the
book claims, numbers transformed the human narrative. This
transformation is supported by data from many disciplines:
archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and primatology. The
book surveys the types of number systems that have been
innovated independently in languages around the world,
most of which (like our own decimal system) owe themselves
in one way or another to the shape of our hands.
Furthermore, the book examines evidence from anumeric
humans, such as those the author has conducted research
with in Amazonia, as it advances the following claim:
Numbers served as a pivotal cognitive invention, an
underappreciated tool whose usage ultimately resulted in
the societies most of us now live in. In short, the book
suggests that verbal and written numbers served as a
cognitive foundation of sorts, helping to establish the
ground floor of all sorts of distinctly human behaviors.
These include elaborate agriculture, writing, the telling
of time, and many other aspects of the human experience
that are all ultimately dependent on the simple invention
of numbers.--|cProvided by publisher.
588 0 Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed
March 28, 2017).
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
Collection - North America
650 0 Numeration|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
sh85093233|vCross-cultural studies.|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/subjects/sh99001526
650 0 Counting|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
sh85033451|vCross-cultural studies.|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/subjects/sh99001526
650 0 Number concept.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
sh85093206
650 7 Numeration.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1041262
650 7 Counting.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/881354
650 7 Number concept.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
1041202
655 4 Electronic books.
655 7 Cross-cultural studies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
fast/1423769
776 08 |iPrint version:|aEverett, Caleb.|tNumbers and the making
of us.|dCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University
Press, 2017|z9780674504431|z0674504437|w(DLC) 2016035929
|w(OCoLC)956775403
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