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Mathematics of the Incas: code of the quipu, by Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher. Pp.166. $11.95. 1997. ISBN 0 486 29554 0 (Dover Publications, NY). (An unabridged and corrected republication of the work first published by University of Michigan Press in 1981 under the title Code of the quipu: a study in media, mathematics, and Culture.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Henry S. Tropp
Henry S. Tropp*
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Mathematics Department, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA 95521 USA
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 82 , Issue 494 , July 1998 , pp. 329 - 330
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