Counting: Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE PRIZE 2025 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

• | Author: Benjamin Wardhaugh
• | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• | Publication Date: Jul 17, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780008436506
• | ISBN-10: 0008436509