The Anthropology of Numbers by Thomas Crump

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nonfiction history mathematics philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
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Why do the Nuer stipulate forty cattle in brideprice? Why is the number ten so important in North American mythology? What does the anthropologist Clifford Geertz really mean to say when he talks about the correspondence of Balinese time cycles? N...

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