Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas by Marcia Ascher

Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas

Marcia Ascher

214 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
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In this truly one-of-a-kind book, Ascher introduces the mathematical ideas of people in traditional, or "small-scale," cultures often omitted from discussion of mathematics. Topics such as "Numbers: Words and Symbols," "Tracing Graphs in the Sand,...

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