Africa Counts Number and Pattern in African Cultures
3rd Edition
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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 information
ISBN: | 9781556523502 |
Publisher: | Chicago Review Press |
Imprint: | Lawrence Hill Books |
Pub date: | 01 Apr 1999 |
Edition: | 3rd Edition |
DEWEY: | 510 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 352 |
Weight: | 496g |
Height: | 224mm |
Width: | 161mm |
Spine width: | 19mm |