Africa and Mathematics: From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango RodsSpringer, 30 de març 2019 - 229 pàgines 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. |
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Storytelling and Music | 19 |
Creative Counting | 34 |
Drawings | 55 |
Reasoning Without Writing | 77 |
Multiplication in the Yoruba and Ethiopian Way | 106 |
Missing Link | 153 |
Not Out of Africa | 167 |
A Second Rod | 177 |
Epilogue | 189 |
Museum Visit Teaching Research | 190 |
Not Out of Africa | 216 |
Origins of the Illustrations | 217 |
References | 221 |
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