03122nam 22005535 450 991033825000332120200704031855.03-030-04037-210.1007/978-3-030-04037-6(CKB)4930000000042128(MiAaPQ)EBC5742861(DE-He213)978-3-030-04037-6(PPN)235233110(EXLCZ)99493000000004212820190330d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfrica and Mathematics From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods /by Dirk Huylebrouck1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (234 pages)Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts,2520-85783-030-04036-4 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.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.Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts,2520-8578MathematicsHistorySocial sciencesAfrica, Sub-Saharan—HistoryHistory of Mathematical Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M23009Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Scienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M32000History of Sub-Saharan Africahttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714020Mathematics.History.Social sciences.Africa, Sub-Saharan—History.History of Mathematical Sciences.Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.History of Sub-Saharan Africa.514.742096Huylebrouck Dirkauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut780968BOOK9910338250003321Africa and Mathematics1668122UNINA