Isbn: 9780871501608 - Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture (7 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. x, 1 leaf, 328 pp; illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in dust jacket. Third printing, December 1975, is printed at the bottom of the verso of the title page. "Most complete on the subject to date. Examines the mathematical contributions of many African peoples living south of the Sahara, in the context of their social and economic development. The author discusses numeration systems, mystical attributes of numbers, applications to time reckoning, currency, and measures, the geometry of African art and architecture, and mathematical games. Includes section by D. W. Crowe on geometric symmetries in African art and artifacts. In-depth studies of southwestern Nigeria and East Africa follow" (Dauben, The History of Mathematics from Antiquity to the Present, no. 2280).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture by Claudia Zaslavsky, hardcover in dustjacket. 1st edition, 3rd printing. published by Prindle Weber & Schmidt, 1975. Examines the nature and applications of geometry number systems, and mathematical games in sub-Saharan Africa, in light of social, economic, and cultural factors. "SOME LIGHT JACKET WEAR AND TEAR,CLEAN TIGHT" MS7.…