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Count us in : how to make maths real for all of us /
"Mathematics, like language, is a universal experience. Every society counts and is empowered by its ability to count and to measure. The mathematical processes developed within various cultures differ widely, and Count Us In explores these cultural links, drawing examples from the author'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cardiff, Wales :
University of Wales Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and plates; Acknowledgements; Preface; Plates; 1 More cabbage, anyone?; 2 Meeting of minds; 3 'Nothing will come of nothing'; 4 Setting the Recorde straight; 5 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be'; 6 Amazing Mayans; 7 What do you reckon?; 8 Prairie power; 9 Putting down digital roots; 10 Areas of (mis)understanding; 11 Cracking the code; 12 Does mathematics have a gender?; 13 How to make maths real for all of us; Appendix; Answers to puzzles; Notes on chapters; Further reading