Project Gutenberg 2005-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 326 Conant, Levi L. (Levi Leonard) 1857 1916 Conant, Levi Leonard The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Hagen von Eitzen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development" by Levi L. Conant is a historical and scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the origins and evolution of numerical systems across various cultures, exploring their significance in human development and communication. The likely topic of the book revolves around the concept of counting, the language of numbers, and how different societies have expressed numerical ideas. At the start of the book, Conant introduces the reader to the complex questions surrounding the origin of number systems and the ways primitive languages have approached counting. He discusses the limitations observed in various tribal languages, where concepts may only extend to basic numerals, often highlighting a disconnect in the ability to comprehend higher numbers. The opening chapters explore distinct numeral systems used by different cultures and assert that the idea of counting seems fundamental to humanity, tracing the evolution of numerical expression through both linguistic and practical methods. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Number concept QA Text Mathematics Category: History - Other Category: Mathematics Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Language & Communication 603801 2025-07-07T07:02:18.763838 text/html 559551 2020-12-12T07:46:32 text/html 242113 2025-07-07T07:02:37.085729 application/epub+zip 245452 2025-07-07T07:02:23.510766 application/epub+zip 225004 2025-07-07T07:02:21.338791 application/epub+zip 590149 2025-07-07T07:02:43.963694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551737 2025-07-07T07:02:35.515734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490576 2022-09-08T05:28:36.806185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358680 2025-07-07T07:02:15.971868 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 357952 2020-12-12T07:46:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 358052 2020-12-12T07:46:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21428 2025-07-07T07:02:44.149674 application/rdf+xml 15733 2025-07-07T07:02:22.062801 image/jpeg 3490 2025-07-07T07:02:21.724783 image/jpeg 128529 2020-12-12T07:46:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 149944 2020-12-12T07:46:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 128400 2020-12-12T07:46:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 234456 2025-07-07T07:02:18.795806 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia