Japanese Numbers Game: The Use And Understanding Of Numbers In Modern Japan (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies)
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- Synopsis
- 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 curious numerical names (of both people and places), illustrate the importance of systems of counting, calculation and forecasting. The study explores the cultural roots of attitudes towards numbers and makes suggestions about the contemporary implications of a culture in which mechanical numeracy (and number obsession) is general but the highest levels of academic mathematics still fall short of world standards.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781134935581
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203038970, 9781138009233, 9781138009233, 9780415056090, 9780415056090
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 07/09/20
- Copyrighted By:
- T Crump
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.