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Huylebrouck, Dirk.

Africa and mathematicsfrom colonial findings back to the Ishango rods /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Africa and mathematicsby Dirk Huylebrouck.
Reminder of title:	from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods /
Author:	Huylebrouck, Dirk.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019.
Description:	xv, 229 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	EthnomathematicsAfrica, Central.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6
ISBN:	9783030040376$q(electronic bk.)

Africa and mathematicsfrom colonial findings back to the Ishango rods /
Huylebrouck, Dirk.

Africa and mathematicsfrom colonial findings back to the Ishango rods /[electronic resource] :by Dirk Huylebrouck. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - xv, 229 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - 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$q(electronic bk.)

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

836562
Ethnomathematics
--Africa, Central.

LC Class. No.: GN476.15 / .H895 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 510

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