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Code of the Quipu : A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture

By Marcia Ascher , Robert Ascher

Book information

Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Year
1981
ISBN
9780472063253, 0472063251, 9780472093250, 0472093258
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11679365 bytes)
Series
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Pages
166\176
Time added
2019-05-11 21:20:42
Quipu;Incas -- Mathematics;Indians of South Americ

Description

Odyssey -- How to make a quipu -- Inca insistence -- The quipumaker -- Format, category, and summation -- Hierarchy and pattern -- Arithmetical ideas and recurrent numbers -- A piece of string.

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