Counting: Humans History And The Infinite Lives Of Numbers Benjamin Wardhaugh William Collins Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

What Does It Mean To Count? Why Are Humans The Only Species On Earth That Can Do It? Where Did Counting Come From? How Has Shaped Societies Along Way? And Matter? Is An Innovative Erudite World-Wrapping Journey Through Humanity’s Marvellous Ability Impose Numbers Things Acclaimed Historian Mathematician Benjamin Wardhaugh Draws Stories From Stone Age Cyberspace In Pursuit Of Elusive Fascinating Endlessly Diverse History Human Starting With Roots Brains Bodies Environments Tours Us Around World Time While Exploring Different Flavours Have Developed Over Millennia We Meet Makers Bead Necklaces Ancient South Africa Inventors Writing ’ S First Metropolis ‘Counter Culture’ Classical Athens See Used – Changed By Indian Scholars Chinese Peasants Papuan Shopkeepers Distinctive Numerate Agendas Mayan Kings Governments Korean Vloggers Weaving These Together Shows Cultures Culture A Rich Tapestry Spanning Thousands Years This Vast Story Attempts Find Some Order Unruly Or Perhaps Reluctant Within Themselves As Wide Deep Tangled Humanity Itself Σελίδες: 384 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm