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Mathematics of the Incas : code of the quipu / Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher.
Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas to transmit information. Cultural context, mathematics involved, quipu-maker in Inca society-even how to make a quipu. Fascinating for anthropologists, ethnologists, students, general readers.
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- ISBN: 0486295540
- ISBN: 9780486295541
- Physical Description: vii, 166 : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 1997.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- This Dover edition, originally published in 1997, is an unabridged and corrected republication of the work first published by the University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, in 1981.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. Odyssey -- 2. How to make a Quipu -- 3. Inca insistence -- 4. The Quipumaker -- 5. Format, category, and summation -- 6. Hierarchy and pattern -- 7. Arithmetical ideas and recurrent numbers -- 8. A piece of string.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | F 3429.3 .Q6 A83 1997 | 288839 | Stacks | Available | - |
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