Explorations in Ethnomathematics and Ethnoscience in Mozambique

The book presents examples of ethnomathematical and ethnoscientific research at the Pedagogical University, Mozambique. Topics include popular counting methods, number concepts and aritmethics, basket weaving techniques and geometry, symmetries in decoration, traditional ideas about Nature, and perspectives in ethnophysics, ethnobiology, and ethnochemistry. Editor: Paulus Gerdes; Authors: Mário Baloi, José Barros, Marcos Cherinda, Jan Draisma, Abdulcarimo Ismael, Felisberto Lobo, Abílio Mapapá, Adão Matonse, Cristiano Pires, Luís Ramos, Horácio Simão, and Daniel Soares. First published in 1994. New edition 2014, 104 pp.