Cultural development of mathematical ideas: papua new guinea studies
Auteur :
Saxe, Geoffrey B.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107685697
Date de publication :
6 mars 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
530 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
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.