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Mathematical Thinking and Geometric Exploration in Africa and Elsewhere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Paulus Gerdes
Paulus Gerdes*
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Ethnomathematics Research Centre, Maputo, Mozambique
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The editors asked me to contribute to the Benin symposium on the ‘Encounter Between Rationalities’ from the particular perspective of my research experience in ethnomathematics - the study of mathematical ideas and practices as embedded in their cultural contexts.

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Diogenes , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , May 2004, pp. 107 - 122
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Copyright © ICPHS 2004

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