Download or read book The Name of the Number written by Michael A. B. Deakin and published by Aust Council for Ed Research. This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history and anthropology of the expression of numbers throughout the ages and across different cultures. It deals with the different ways that number representation has been structured, the history and prehistory of number concepts, and the evolution of numerical representation (in word and symbol). These themes are explored through the various expressions of number-concepts in different cultures in different places and times.