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Native American Mathematics Paperback - 1996
by MIchael P. Closs
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- Title Native American Mathematics
- Author MIchael P. Closs
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Paper Editio
- Condition New
- Pages 439
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Univ of Texas Pr, Austin
- Date 1996
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-0292711859
- ISBN 9780292711853 / 0292711859
- Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.03 x 0.99 in (23.11 x 15.32 x 2.51 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Indians - Mathematics
- Dewey Decimal Code 510.899
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There is no question that native cultures in the New World exhibit many forms of mathematical development. This Native American mathematics can best be described by considering the nature of the concepts found in a variety of individual New World cultures. Unlike modern mathematics in which numbers and concepts are expressed in universal mathematical notation, the numbers and concepts found in native cultures occur and are expressed in many distinctive ways. Native American Mathematics, edited by Michael P. Closs, is the first book to focus on mathematical development indigenous to the New World. Spanning time from the prehistoric to the present, the thirteen essays in this volume attest to the variety of mathematical development present in the Americas. The data are drawn from cultures as diverse as the Ojibway, the Inuit (Eskimo), and the Nootka in the north; the Chumash of Southern California; the Aztec and the Maya in Mesoamerica; and the Inca and Jibaro of South America. Among the strengths of this collection are this diversity and the multidisciplinary approaches employed to extract different kinds of information. The distinguished contributors include mathematicians, linguists, psychologists, anthropologists, and archaeologists. A standard work in the history of mathematics and science, Native American Mathematics will be of interest to any student of New World cultures.