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A recipient of both MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, Gary Urton is the Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books and edited volumes on Andean/Quechua cultures and Inka civilization, including mostrar más Signs of the Inka Khipu: Binary Coding in the Andean Knotted-String Records. mostrar menos

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics (2008) — Contribuidor — 53 copias

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Dramatické příběhy, které Inkové vyprávěli o sobě a světě, který je obklopoval – nám jsou dostupné jedině prostřednictvím dokumentů sepsaných španělskými dobyvateli a jejich kronikáři po dobytí incké říše.
 
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Hanita73 | Mar 30, 2022 |
really interesting but the writing is kinda clunky because he writing to defend his ideas, rather than just presenting the fascinating idea that the khipu where used to communicate in a binary fashion. What's really cool is that he argues that not only were knot position and knot direction binary, but so were thread material and color, as well as other choices that were made. It would be neat to read more of a synthesis of khipu knowledge as well - one which points out where our experts agree or disagree and why.… (más)
 
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