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The power of the line : metaphor, number and material culture in European prehistory / by Aleksander Dzbyński ; translation from Polish ; Michał Szałański, Chris Whyatt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dzbyński, Aleksander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--History.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Extensive research in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and cognitive science clearly suggests that the development of a material culture in prehistory was a serious contribution to the mathematization of the human mind. An underestimated interface in this process, as cognitive and philosophical studies suggest, was the capability to perceive the external world in a metaphorical way. This book uses several examples to tell this story. It does not claim the right to present a universa.
- Contents:
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 23, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6448-X
- OCLC:
- 885122946
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