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Turtle Creek Books, The Beloit College - FALL Aug 2010 | ||
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Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas (1st Edition) by Marcia Ascher, New York Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 1991 ISBN-10: 0-412-98941-7 / 0412989417 ISBN-13: 978-0-412-98941-4 / 9780412989414 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 |