Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu
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Book Details
Author(s)
Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN / ASIN
0486295540
ISBN-13
9780486295541
Marketplace
France 🇫🇷
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Description
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, and even how to make a quipu. Fascinating for anthropologists, ethnologists, students, general readers. Over 125 photos and illustrations.
