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Dewey Class	510.9
Title	Africa and Mathematics ([EBook]) : From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods / by Dirk Huylebrouck.
Author	Huylebrouck, Dirk
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Edition statement	1st ed. 2019.
Publication	Cham : Springer International Publishing , 2019.
Physical Details	XV, 229 pages, 217 illus., 110 illus. in color. : online resource.
Series	Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts
ISBN	9783030040376
Summary Note	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.:
Contents note	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.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users).
Internet Site	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Africa, Sub-Saharan—History . History . History of Mathematical Sciences . History of Sub-Saharan Africa . Mathematics - History . Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences . Social sciences . Authors: author . Huylebrouck, Dirk . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts . Classification: 510.9 . 510.9 (DDC 23) .

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Africa and Mathematics: From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods

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