Description: Intimations of Infinity : The Cultural Meanings of the Eqwaye Counting System and Number, Paperback by Mimica, Jadran, ISBN 0854968547, ISBN-13 9780854968541, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This is a remarkable work which captures the reader's imagination as only few books do. From a description of the counting system of Iqwaye people of Papua New Guinea, the author develops a deeper and broader interpretation of the Iqwaye kinship system and cosmology, culminating in a powerful critique of western assumptions about the development of rational thought.
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Book Title: Intimations of Infinity : The Cultural Meanings of the Eqwaye Cou
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Width: 138 mm
Series: Explorations in Anthropology
Author: Jadran Mimica
Publication Name: Intimations of Infinity: the Cultural Meanings of the Iqwaye Counting and Number Systems
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Subject: Anthropology, Mythology, Mathematics
Publication Year: 1988
Type: Textbook
Number of Pages: 198 Pages