Cultural development of mathematical ideas: papua new guinea studies
Auteur :
Saxe, Geoffrey B.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521761666
Date de publication :
28 sept. 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 16,0 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
670 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Through an ethnographic study of a Papua New Guinea cultural group, Geoffrey Saxe traces the emergence of numerical representations and ideas as people participate in collective practices of daily life. His findings will be useful for understanding shifting representational forms and emerging cognitive functions in any human community.