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Introduces the mathematical ideas of people in a wide range of traditional, small-scale cultures from the Americas, Africa, and Oceania, showing how numbers, logic, and spatial configurations are organized into systems and structures. Assumes no specialized background in mathematics or anthropology. Nicely illustrated with geometric figures, diagrams, tables, and maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Ethnomathematics. A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas, Marcia Ascher
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- 1991
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