Introduction to cultural mathematics (Record no. 71642)
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| fixed length control field | 02733nam a2200385 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Gilsdorf, Thomas E. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to cultural mathematics |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Hoboken, N.J. : |
| Name of publisher | Wiley, |
| Year of publication | c2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvii, 287 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | pt. I. General concepts -- pt. II. Case studies. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "The topic of cultural mathematics (also called ethnomathematics) is a fascinating topic about the human aspects of mathematics, and it is easy to ask readers to participate in the topic by thinking about mathematics from their own perspectives. This book has two main parts, and Part I consists of several chapters that describe the major concepts of cultural mathematics. The topics include: cultural aspects of mathematics, numeration and number symbols, kinship relations, art and decoration, games and divination, and calendars. Part II includes two chapters consisting of case studies. The cultures studied are the Otomies of central Mexico and the Incas of South America. In these chapters, the concepts from Part I are applied to the particular culture, in order to put all the concepts together in one context. Each chapter concludes with exercises, followed by further notes about the topics discussed in that chapter. Hints and comments about the exercises are also provided at the end of the book. This book is roughly at the level of a reader who has taken college algebra; however, the most important prerequisite is an interest in the connections between mathematics and culture"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Ethnomathematics. |
| Topical Term | Otomi Indians |
| Topical Term | Incas |
| Topical Term | Otomi Indians |
| Topical Term | Incas |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10630618 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
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