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Africa and Mathematics

From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods

By: Dirk Huylebrouck

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Africa and Mathematics

From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods

By: Dirk Huylebrouck

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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3030040372

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Dark and Bright Mathematics

Hidden Harmony in Art, History and Culture

By: Dirk Huylebrouck

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Dark and Bright Mathematics

Hidden Harmony in Art, History and Culture

By: Dirk Huylebrouck

Was it necessary for a 17th century painter to know principles of optics to hide a skull in one of his masterpieces? Is it possible the violent deaths of Roman emperors obey a statistical law? Are there connections between market trends and geometry? How did Islamic artists draw almost perfectly regular nine-sided polygons, when these cannot be traced with the use of compasses? Dirk Huylebrouk asks these and other exciting questions in this collection of essays, originally written for the science magazine EOS, a Dutch equivalent of Scientific American, distributed in Belgium and in The Netherlands. Every chapter can be read independently, as some subjects are repeated, and not strictly interconnected. Such is the case for instance of the golden section, an often-recurring topic in general mathematics. The reader will appreciate the original point of view expressed through each chapter, which makes this book stand out against the general information one can find by browsing the general media. The subtly provocative character of some parts is meant to stimulate the reader for further exploration. The book's title itself may already generate surprise. Sure, to many, mathematics seems to come from hell, but the darkness in the title in fact refers to the lugubrious stories about math and skulls, murders or World War II. There is also a more down-to-earth part is about math and maps, money, Facebook, folding paper, shapes in ice and the most earthly yet unsolved math problems. ‘Bright mathematics’ alludes to Vedic, Islam, New Age, a meta-divine section, and is concluded by an interview with a top mathematician who also wrote about the existence of God.

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244

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Springer Nature

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3031362551

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9783031362552

The Illusion of Linearity

From Analysis to Improvement

By: Dirk de Bock,Wim van Dooren,Dirk Janssens,Lieven Verschaffel

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The Illusion of Linearity

From Analysis to Improvement

By: Dirk de Bock,Wim van Dooren,Dirk Janssens,Lieven Verschaffel

This book presents the reader with a comprehensive overview of the major findings of the recent research on the illusion of linearity. It discusses: how the illusion of linearity appears in diverse domains of mathematics and science; what are the crucial psychological, mathematical, and educational factors being responsible for the occurrence and persistence of the phenomenon; and how the illusion of linearity can be remedied.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387711643

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9780387711645

Africa and Mathematics

From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods

By: Dirk Huylebrouck

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Africa and Mathematics

From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods

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Africa and Mathematics

Africa and Mathematics

Dark and Bright Mathematics

Dark and Bright Mathematics

The Illusion of Linearity

The Illusion of Linearity

Africa and Mathematics

Africa and Mathematics

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