Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Cultures

by Claudia Zaslavsky

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556523505
• ISBN13: 9781556523502
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"