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Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods
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 ori...
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2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2670587 |
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| author | Huylebrouck, Dirk |
| author_facet | Huylebrouck, Dirk |
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| collection | CERN |
| description | 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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| institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
| language | eng |
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| spelling | cern-26705872021-04-21T18:26:45Zdoi:10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6http://cds.cern.ch/record/2670587engHuylebrouck, DirkAfrica and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rodsMathematical Physics and MathematicsThis 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.Springeroai:cds.cern.ch:26705872019 |
| spellingShingle | Mathematical Physics and Mathematics Huylebrouck, Dirk Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods |
| title | Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods |
| title_full | Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods |
| title_fullStr | Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods |
| title_short | Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango rods |
| title_sort | africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the ishango rods |
| topic | Mathematical Physics and Mathematics |
| url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2670587 |
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