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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zaslavsky, Claudia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Chicago Review Press, 1999.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo