Africa counts; number and pattern in African culture.
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 ma...
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| Main Author: | Zaslavsky, Claudia. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston,
Prindle, Weber & Schmidt
[1973]
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