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Lab math : a handbook of measurements, calculations, and other quantitative skills for use at the bench

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog21688
Adams, Dany Spencer. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press , 2014. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QA40 A211 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Adams, Dany Spencer
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xi, 332 p. ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Mathematical Concepts
Investigative Techniques
Statistics as Topic
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Laboratories - standards
ISBN
9781936113712
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QA40 A211 2014

Copies

c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library Available
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Materiality of numbers: emergence and elaboration from prehistory to present

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124826
Overmann, Karenleigh A. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press , 2023. 1st ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QA141.2 O94 2023
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
"This is a book about numbers - what they are as concepts and how and why they originate - as viewed through the material devices used to represent and manipulate them. Fingers, tallies, tokens, and written notations, invented in both ancestral and contemporary societies, explain what numbers are, …
Author
Overmann, Karenleigh A.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date
2023
Physical Description
xxv, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Mathematics
Mathematics--history
Mathematical Concepts
Abstract
"This is a book about numbers - what they are as concepts and how and why they originate - as viewed through the material devices used to represent and manipulate them. Fingers, tallies, tokens, and written notations, invented in both ancestral and contemporary societies, explain what numbers are, why they are the way they are, and how we get them. Overmann is the first to explore how material devices contribute to numerical thinking, initially by helping us to visualize and manipulate the perceptual experience of quantity that we share with other species. She explores how and why numbers are conceptualized and then elaborated, as well as the central role that material objects play in both processes. Overmann's volume thus offers a view of numerical cognition that is based on an alternative set of assumptions about numbers, their material component, and the nature of the human mind and thinking." --back cover
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN
9781009361248
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Status
Received
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
QA141.2 O94 2023

Copies

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