Authors:
- Fills a gap in current literature on African ethnomathematics
- Explores the discovery of the Ishango rod and the different scientific hypotheses with respect to it
- Features a foreword by Vladimir Pletser
Part of the book series: Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts (MACUAR)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Mathematics in the Heart of Africa
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Front Matter
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The Ishango Rod(s)
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Front Matter
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Epilogue
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“The book will be of interest for undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as for non-mathematical readers and researchers in various fields. It is a good survey of African history, culture, arts, popular games and daily life.” (U. D'Ambrosio, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2020)
“This book fills a gap in studies on ethnomathematics in Central Africa. … This book is not particularly about mathematics itself; readers will enjoy the book as asurvey of African art, culture and history. The book does contain beautiful figures, imprints and photographs in colour. Highly acclaimed!” (Robert W. van der Waall, zbMath 1417.01001, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Leuven, Ghent, Belgium
Dirk Huylebrouck
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Africa and Mathematics
Book Subtitle: From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods
Authors: Dirk Huylebrouck
Series Title: Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04037-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04036-9Published: 08 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04037-6Published: 30 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2520-8578
Series E-ISSN: 2520-8586
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 229
Number of Illustrations: 107 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences, History of Sub-Saharan Africa
Industry Sectors: Electronics