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Laddar... Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipuav Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Interesting insights into this Incan information storage medium that fascinates me -- the quipu. I skimmed through most of the book, which was a little too in the weeds for what I wanted to learn from it, but I know I'm not the intended audience. It seems like it would be a good resource for actually making a quipu, if one wanted to do so. Also, the authors do a good job of bringing in other cultural and communications-related examples to help explain quipus. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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The Incas of ancient Peru possessed no writing. Instead, they developed a unique system expressed on spatial arrays of colored knotted cords called quipus to record and transmit information throughout their vast empire. The present book is based on a firsthand study of actual quipus that survived the destruction of the Inca civilization. Written by a mathematician and an anthropologist, this book acquaints the reader with the cultural context of the quipus, the problem of interpreting artifacts from another culture, and the place of the quipu-maker in Inca culture. Although no previous mathematical knowledge is assumed, the reader is introduced to the mathematical ideas embedded in the quipus and learns how to make a quipu. Enhanced with over 125 illustrations, this unusual and thought-provoking study will interest mathematicians, historians, anthropologists, archeologists, and students of folk art with its unique perspective on the way in which pieces of colored string serve to embody a rich, logical, numerical tradition and are, ultimately, a metaphor for the civilization that created them. Preface. Exercises and answers within chapters. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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