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The Japanese numbers game : the use and understanding of numbers in modern Japan /
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 almos...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1992.
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| Colección: | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203318102 9780203318102 0203038975 9780203038970 9781134935581 1134935587 9786610331604 661033160X 9781134935598 1134935595 9781134935543 1134935544 9781138009233 1138009237 |