Africa and Mathematics : From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods /: From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dirk Huylebrouck.
• Authors: Huylebrouck, Dirk
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (229 pages)
• Subjects: Mathematics; Mathematics -- Applied; History -- Africa -- General; Maths for scientists; African history; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; History of mathematics; Africa, Sub-Saharan-History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030040376
• Related ISBNs: 9783030040369
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.