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The Japanese numbers game : the use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan / Thomas Crump.
Thomas Crump
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The Japanese numbers game [electronic resource]
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An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as cur
| Title |
The Japanese numbers game [electronic resource] : the use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan / Thomas Crump. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
London New York : Routledge |
| Creation Date |
1992 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-201) and index. English |
| Content |
Cover The Japanese numbers game: The use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan Copyright Contents Figures Tables General editor's preface Preface 1 The numerical paradox 2 Numbers in the written and spoken language 3 Alternative number systems 4 The culture of numbers 5 What's in a Japanese name? 6 Fortune-telling 7 Time 8 The spatial world of numbers 9 The Japanese abacus 10 Games-ancient and modern 11 The ecology of numbers-past and present Notes References Index |
| Series |
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series |
| Extent |
1 online resource (224 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010708202805171 |
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