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Viser: Africa and Mathematics - From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods
Africa and Mathematics
From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods
Dirk Huylebrouck
(2019)
Sprog: Engelsk
Detaljer om varen
- Hardback
- Udgiver: Springer International Publishing AG (April 2019)
- ISBN: 9783030040369
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.