The Resource Africa counts : number and pattern in African cultures, Claudia Zaslavsky
Africa counts : number and pattern in African cultures, Claudia Zaslavsky
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Extent
- xv, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781556523502
- Label
- Africa counts : number and pattern in African cultures
- Title
- Africa counts
- Title remainder
- number and pattern in African cultures
- Statement of responsibility
- Claudia Zaslavsky
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zaslavsky, Claudia
- Dewey number
- 510
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN476.15
- LC item number
- .Z37 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ethnomathematics
- Games
- Label
- Africa counts : number and pattern in African cultures, Claudia Zaslavsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-342) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 40305617
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Extent
- xv, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781556523502
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 98049813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Africa counts : number and pattern in African cultures, Claudia Zaslavsky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-342) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 40305617
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Extent
- xv, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781556523502
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 98049813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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