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.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Prindle, Weber & Schmidt [1973]
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