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Africa and Mathematics = From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Africa and Mathematics/ by Dirk Huylebrouck.
其他題名:	From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods /
作者:	Huylebrouck, Dirk.
面頁冊數:	XV, 229 p. 217 illus., 110 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Mathematics. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6
ISBN:	9783030040376

Africa and Mathematics = From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods /
Huylebrouck, Dirk.

Africa and MathematicsFrom Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods /[electronic resource] :by Dirk Huylebrouck. - 1st ed. 2019. - XV, 229 p. 217 illus., 110 illus. in color.online resource. - Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts,2520-8578. - Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts,.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Mathematics in the Heart of Africa -- 1. Rationale and Sources -- 2. Storytelling and Music -- 3. Creative Counting -- 4. Drawings -- 5. Reasoning Without Writing -- 6. Multiplication in the Yoruba and "Ethiopian" Way -- Part II: The Ishango Rod(s) -- 7. The Ishango Site -- 8. Mathematical Carvings -- 9. Missing Link -- 10. Not Out of Africa -- 11. A Second Rod -- Part III: Epilogue -- 12. Museum Visit, Teaching, Research -- References.

This volume on ethnomathematics in Central Africa fills a gap in the current literature, focusing on a region rarely explored by other publications. It highlights the discovery of the Ishango rod, which was found to be the oldest mathematical tool in humanity's history, thereby shifting the origin of mathematics to the heart of Africa, and explores the different scientific hypotheses that emerged as a result. While it contains some high-level mathematics, the non-mathematical reader can easily skip these portions and enjoy the book’s survey of African history, culture, and art.

ISBN: 9783030040376

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

527692
Mathematics.

LC Class. No.: QA21-27

Dewey Class. No.: 510.9

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