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- catalog abstract "This 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 magic and taboos. African games such as mankala and elaborate versions of tic-tac-toe show how complex this thinking can be.".
- catalog contributor b11836901.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-342) and indexes.".
- catalog description "This 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 magic and taboos. African games such as mankala and elaborate versions of tic-tac-toe show how complex this thinking can be.".
- catalog extent "xv, 352 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Africa counts.".
- catalog identifier "1556523505 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Africa counts.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books,".
- catalog relation "Africa counts.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog subject "510 21".
- catalog subject "Ethnomathematics Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog subject "GN476.15 .Z37 1999".
- catalog subject "Games Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog title "Africa counts : number and pattern in African cultures / Claudia Zaslavsky.".
- catalog type "text".