Africa countsClaudia Zaslavsky
Africa counts
Claudia Zaslavsky · 1979
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About the book
This 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.
First sentence: Was there mathematics in Africa?
Book details
- Year
- 1979
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Lawrence Hill Books
- Editions
- 7
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9781556520754
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