Numbers And The Making Of Us - Caleb Everett

A Fascinating Book.james Ryerson, York Times Book Reviewa Smithsonian Best Science Book Of The Yearwinner Of The Prose Award For Best Book In Language & Linguisticscarved Into Our Past And Woven Into Our Present, Numbers Shape Our Perceptions Of The World Far More Than We Think. In This Sweeping Account Of How The Invention Of Numbers Sparked A Revolution In Human Thought And Culture, Caleb Everett Draws On Discoveries In Psychology, Anthropology, And Linguistics To Reveal The Many Things Made Possible By Numbers, From The Concept Of Time To Writing, Agriculture, And Commerce. Numbers Are A Tool, Like The Wheel, Developed And Refined Over Millennia.