Africa Counts Number and Pattern in African Cultures

Name: Africa Counts Number and Pattern in African Cultures
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ISBN: 9781556523502

ISBN-10: 1556523505

ISBN-13: 9781556523502

Edition: 3rd 1999

Authors: Claudia Zaslavsky

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This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; manipulating money and keeping accounts; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; and number magic and taboos. African games such as mankala and elaborate versions of tic-tac-toe show how complex this thinking can be. An invaluable resource for students, teachers, and others interested in African cultures and multiculturalism, this third edition is updated with an introduction covering two decades of new research in the ethnomathematics of Africa.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English