String figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies

This book addresses the mathematical rationality contained in the making of string figures. It does so by using interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, mathematics, history and philosophy of mathematics. The practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societies,...

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Autor principal: Vandendriessche, Eric
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Springer 2015
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Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11994-6
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description This book addresses the mathematical rationality contained in the making of string figures. It does so by using interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, mathematics, history and philosophy of mathematics. The practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societies, and particularly in those of oral tradition. It consists in applying a succession of operations to a string (knotted into a loop), mostly using the fingers and sometimes the feet, the wrists or the mouth. This succession of operations is intended to generate a final figure. The book explores differ
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spelling cern-20200762021-04-21T20:17:49Zdoi:10.1007/978-3-319-11994-6http://cds.cern.ch/record/2020076engVandendriessche, EricString figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societiesMathematical Physics and Mathematics This book addresses the mathematical rationality contained in the making of string figures. It does so by using interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, mathematics, history and philosophy of mathematics. The practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societies, and particularly in those of oral tradition. It consists in applying a succession of operations to a string (knotted into a loop), mostly using the fingers and sometimes the feet, the wrists or the mouth. This succession of operations is intended to generate a final figure. The book explores differSpringeroai:cds.cern.ch:20200762015
spellingShingle Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
Vandendriessche, Eric
String figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies
title String figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies
title_full String figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies
title_fullStr String figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies
title_full_unstemmed String figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies
title_short String figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies
title_sort string figures as mathematics?: an anthropological approach to string figure-making in oral tradition societies
topic Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11994-6
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