Reckonings, Numerals, Cognition, and History
- Authors
- Stephen Chrisomalis
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Tags
- numerals; number systems; numeral systems; numerical notation; numbers; anthropology; linguistics; roman numerals; arabic numerals; hindu-arabic numerals; writing systems; literacy; numeracy; cognitive science; linguistic anthropology; cognitive anthropology; mathematics; cognitive archaeology; numerical cognition; philology; language; numeration; place value; zero; history of mathematics; cultural evolution; cross-cultural research; medieval history; history of science; arithmetic; abacus; tally marks; tallying; number words; epigraphy; historical anthropology; classics; paleography; cultural transmission; comparativism; macrohistory; universalism
- Size
- 32.66 MB
- Lang
- en
Insights from the history of numerical notation suggest that how humans write numbers is an active choice involving cognitive and social factors.