Africa and mathematics : from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods / Dirk Huylebrouck

By:

Huylebrouck, Dirk [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Series: Mathematics, culture, and the artsPublisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]Copyright date: © 2019Description: xv, 229 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten ; 24 cmISBN:

9783030040369

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Additional physical formats: 9783030040376. | Erscheint auch als: Africa and Mathematics. Online-Ausgabe Cham : Springer, 2019. 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 229 Seiten)MSC: MSC: 01-02 | *01-02 | 01A13 | 01A07 | 01A10RVK: RVK: SG 590LOC classification:

QA21-27

DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6Summary: Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- About the Contents -- About the Language -- Geographical Considerations -- General Considerations -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- Part I: Mathematics in the Heart of Africa -- Chapter 1: Rationale and Sources -- Is Mathematics Universal? -- Teaching Geometry -- Consequences for Textbooks -- Ethnomathematical Studies -- Collecting Data -- Oral History -- Recent Observations -- Archeological Findings -- Chapter 2: Storytelling and Music -- Stories -- The Moon and Lunar Months -- Conceptions of the Universe in Traditional Rwanda -- Names for Heavenly Phenomena in Rwanda -- Science Fiction in Rwanda -- Music -- Chapter 3: Creative Counting -- Number Bases -- The Doubling Principle and Mixed Counting Forms -- Counting Gestures -- More Creativity -- More Complicated Number Bases -- Words for Larger Numbers -- The Question of Base 12 -- Classical Explanations for Base 12 -- Duodecimal Hand Counting -- Base 12 Vocabulary -- Chapter 4: Drawings -- Graphs, Mathematics, and Africa -- Stories About African Graphs -- Sand Drawings, Memory Aids, and Drawing Patterns -- Reasoning with Sand Drawings -- More Mathematics in Sand Drawings -- Forms, Shapes, and Their Analysis -- African Forms in Mathematics Books -- Geometric Patterns -- "Pure" Drawings -- Frieze Patterns and Crystallography -- African Fractals -- Chapter 5: Reasoning Without Writing -- Multiplication on the Hands -- Mental Arithmetic -- Little Ropes as Means of Notation in Burundi -- Counting Strings and Sticks in Africa -- The Use of Counting Strings in the West and Asia -- Games of Strategy -- Mancala -- Mancala Rules -- Example of a Game -- The More Complicated Igisoro Game -- Examples of First Moves -- Example of an Igisoro Game -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Multiplication in the Yoruba and "Ethiopian" Way -- The Yoruba Region.PPN: PPN: 1663688400

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Item type	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Freihandbestand ausleihbar	Fachbibliothek Mathematik	Bibliothek / frei aufgestellt	Gesch./Phil. / Huy	Available		36438586090

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