Denise Schmandt-Besserat
Autore di The History of Counting
Opere di Denise Schmandt-Besserat
The Legacy of Sumer : invited lectures on the Middle East at the University of Texas at Austin 3 copie
Immortal Egypt (Invited lectures on the Middle East at the University of Texas at Austin) (1978) 3 copie
The first civilization: The legacy of Sumer : [catalogue] : the University Art Museum, the University of Texas at… (1975) 2 copie
From Tokens to Tablets 1 copia
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The History of Counting di Denise Schmandt-Besserat
The book “ The history of counting” written by Denise Schmandt- Besserat is a picture book about the tracing of the evolution of counting. It shows how the idea of numbers were invented. The intended audience is 8 years old and up.
This book is very interesting. This book not only talks about mathematics, but this book also talks about the history of numbers and counting. There are many different cultures that use numbers and counting way differently than we do and it is so interesting to learn about these things.
This is a story on the history of counting, and how people all over the world use different methods to count. For example the Peiela of Papua New Guinea use “body counting” which is where different spots on their body correlate to certain numbers, for 16 they would point to their right ear. The method most people use today is “abstract counting” . This would be a great book to read to kids because not only does it tell the history of how we count but it shows kids there are many cultures that count differently.… (altro)
In this book, it gives r adders the history of counting and insight on how many different people count differently around the world. For example the Veddas of Sri Lanka could using only their body parts. Certain part s of the body corresponds to a certain number, the left eye is number thirteen. The highest number they can go up to is twenty-seven. I enjoyed reading this book because it gave me a new perspective on how people use math everyday.
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