Pacific Ethnomathematics: A Bibliographic Study

by Nicholas J. Goetzfridt

This ground-breaking bibliography by distinguished Pacific researcher Nicholas Goetzfridt examines mathematical concepts and practices in Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. It covers number systems, counting, measuring, classifying, spatial relationships, symmetry, geometry, and other aspects of ethnomathematics in relation to a wide range of activities such as trade, education, navigation, construction, rituals and festivals, divination, weaving,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824831705
• ISBN13: 9780824831707
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"