Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture
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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:1556520751
ISBN13:9781556520754
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Lawrence Hill Books
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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This is one of the best books in African Studies.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Zaslavsky's "Africa Counts" will continue to be widely cherished for many years to come. Anyone haboring the old notion that Africans played no part in shaping world civlilization who is not changed by what appears in this book can only be someone with extraordinary racist tendencies. Zaslavky's book is effulgent because it demystifies mathematics without sacrificing details.
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