Ethnomathematics

A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas

Marcia Ascher (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

214 Seiten

1994
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-412-98941-4 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

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", "The Logic of Kin Relations", "Chance and Strategy in Games and Puzzles", and "The Organization and Modeling of Space" are traced in various cultures including the Inuit, Navajo, and Iroquois of North America; the Inca of South America; the Malekula, Warlpiri, Maori, and Caroline Islanders of Oceania, and the Tshokwe, Bushoong, and Kpelle of Africa.

As Ascher explores mathematical ideas involving numbers, logic, spatial configuration, and the organization of these into systems and structures, readers gain both a broader understanding and anappreciation for the idease of other peoples.

Ascher, Marcia

Introduction, Numbers: Words and Symbols, Tracing Graphs in the Sand so The Logic o f Kin Relations, Chance and Strategy in Games and Puzzles, The Organization and Modeling o f Space, Symmetric Strip Decorations, In Conclusion: Ethnomathematics, Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.1994
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-412-98941-7 / 0412989417
ISBN-13	978-0-412-98941-4 / 9780412989414
Zustand	Neuware