Count us in : how to make maths real for all of us /
"Mathematics, like language, is a universal experience. Every society counts and is empowered by its ability to count and to measure. The mathematical processes developed within various cultures differ widely, and Count Us In explores these cultural links, drawing examples from the author'...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Count us in : |b how to make maths real for all of us / |c Gareth Ffowc Roberts. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and plates; Acknowledgements; Preface; Plates; 1 More cabbage, anyone?; 2 Meeting of minds; 3 'Nothing will come of nothing'; 4 Setting the Recorde straight; 5 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be'; 6 Amazing Mayans; 7 What do you reckon?; 8 Prairie power; 9 Putting down digital roots; 10 Areas of (mis)understanding; 11 Cracking the code; 12 Does mathematics have a gender?; 13 How to make maths real for all of us; Appendix; Answers to puzzles; Notes on chapters; Further reading | |
| 520 | |a "Mathematics, like language, is a universal experience. Every society counts and is empowered by its ability to count and to measure. The mathematical processes developed within various cultures differ widely, and Count Us In explores these cultural links, drawing examples from the author's personal experiences. The process of counting, like the process of communicating with words, is common to all societies worldwide but, just as there is a rich variety of languages, so too is there a rich variety in methods of counting and of recording numbers - methods that have developed over centuries to meet the needs of various groups of people. The narrative of this book takes the form of a collection of short stories based on the author's personal experience, linked together by a number of sub-themes"--Page 4 of cover | ||
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