Geometrical Recreations Of Africa
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R Cr Ations G Om Triques D Afrique Lusona G Om Tricale Recreations Of Africa
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : fr
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan
Release Date : 1997-03-01
R Cr Ations G Om Triques D Afrique Lusona G Om Tricale Recreations Of Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Editions L'Harmattan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Le patrimoine scientifique traditionnel de l'Afrique subsaharienne demeure encore peu connu, insuffisamment étudié et peu exploré éducativement. Lusona : Récréations géométriques d'Afrique complète Une tradition géométrique en Afrique - Les dessins sur le sable, en présentant des problèmes, divertissements ou jeux géométriques qui s'inspirent des dessins traditionnels - appelés (lu)sona - des Tchokwe du nord-est de l'Angola. Ces dessins sont des patrons faits de lignes qui obéissent à des algorithmes géométriques. Les récréations sont du genre : « Trouvez les figures qui manquent », où, à chaque fois, certaines figures d'une série sont présentées et il s'agit d'en trouver d'autres. The scientific heritage of sub-Saharan Africa remains largely unknown, insufficiently studied and its incorporation into education rather unexplored. Lusona : Geometrical Recreations of Africa complements A geometrical tradition Africa - The sand drawings (L'Harmattan, Paris, 1995) by presenting geometrical problems, games and recreations inspired by the traditional drawings of the Tchokwe people, of north-eastem Angola, called (lu)sona. These drawings or patterns consist of lines satisfying various geometrical algorithms. In the « Find the rnissing figure » activities the reader is given certain figures and invited to draw/create the missing figure(s) in the sequence. Paulus GERDES, scientifique mozambicain, a effectué ses études supérieures de mathématiques et d'anthropologie culturelle à l'Université de Nimègue (Pays-Bas). Il a obtenu un doctorat en philosophie et histoire des sciences (Dresde, Allemagne) et un doctorat d'Etat en didactique des mathématiques (Wuppertal, Allemagne). Il est professeur de mathématiques à l'Université pédagogique du Mozambique. Il préside, depuis 1986, au sein de l'Union Mathématique Africaine, la Commission d'Histoire des Mathématiques en Afrique. Il était, de 1991 à 1995, secrétaire général de l'Association des Sciences Mathématiques pour l'Afrique Australe. Deux de ses précédents ouvrages, Une tradition géométrique en Afrique - les dessins sur le sable ( 1995, 3 tomes, 594 p.) et Femmes et Géométrie en Afrique Australe (1996, 219 p.) ont déjà été publiés aux Editions L'Harmattan.
Women Culture And Geometry In Southern Africa
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013
Women Culture And Geometry In Southern Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Art categories.
New edition of award winning book "Women and Geometry in Southern Africa: Suggestions for Further Research", published by the "Universidade Pedagógica" (Mozambique) in 1995. The original book contains chapters on geometrical ideas embedded in basket weaving, bead work, wall decoration, tattooing, and ceramics. The expanded edition includes a foreword by Sibusiso Moyo (Secretary of the African Mathematical Union Commission on Women in Mathematics in Africa, and Research Director of the Durban University of Technology, South Africa), afterwords by Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (Brazil) and Jens Hoyrup (Denmark), and the papers "Makwe colour inversion, symmetry and patterns" (Northeastern Mozambique) and "Symmetries on mats woven by Yombe women from the area along the Lower Congo." The book contains also a chapter written by Salimo Saide on the geometry of pottery decoration among Yao women (Nyassa Province, Mozambique). (2013, 276 pp.)
Geometry From Africa
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999-09-30
Geometry From Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-30 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This book draws on geometric ideas from cultural activities from Subsaharan Africa to develop mathematical reasoning.
Women Art And Geometry In Southern Africa
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Release Date : 1998
Women Art And Geometry In Southern Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Africa Research and Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Decoration and ornament categories.
The main objective of the book is to call attention to some mathematical ideas incorporated in the patterns invented by women in Southern Africa. An appreciation of these mathematical traditions may lead to their preservation, revival and development. Use of female art traditional forms has implications in the field of mathematics education.
Lunda Geometry Mirror Curves Designs Knots Polyominoes Patterns Symmetries
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-06-26
Lunda Geometry Mirror Curves Designs Knots Polyominoes Patterns Symmetries written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-26 with Art categories.
The book "Lunda Geometry" explains how the mathematical concepts of mirror curves and Lunda-designs were discovered in the context of the author's research of 'sona', illustrations traditionally made in the sand by Cokwe storytellers from eastern Angola (a region called Lunda) and neighboring regions of Congo and Zambia. Examples of mirror curves from several cultures are presented. Lunda-designs are aesthetically attractive and display interesting symmetry properties. Examples of Lunda-patterns and Lunda-polyominoes are presented. Some generalizations of the concept of Lunda-design are discussed, like hexagonal Lunda-designs, Lunda-k-designs, Lunda-fractals, and circular Lunda-designs. Lunda-designs of Celtic knot designs are constructed.Several chapters were published in journals like 'Computers & Graphics' (Oxford), 'Visual Mathematics' (Belgrade), and 'Mathematics in School' (UK).
Geometry Activities From Many Cultures
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Author : Beatrice Lumpkin
language : en
Publisher: Walch Publishing
Release Date : 1997
Geometry Activities From Many Cultures written by Beatrice Lumpkin and has been published by Walch Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Education categories.
Heighten student awareness in the application of geometry from different cultures.. Topics covered range from the beginning of geometry to its use in modern times.
Mathematics In African History And Cultures
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007
Mathematics In African History And Cultures written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This volume constitutes an updated version of the bibliography published in 2004 by the African Mathematical Union. The African Studies Association attributed the original edition a 'ÂÂspecial mention'ÂÂ in the 2006 Conover-Porter Award competition. The book contains over 1600 bibliographic entries. The appendices contain additional bibliographic information on (1) mathematicians of the Diaspora, (2) publications by Africans on the history of mathematics outside Africa, (3) time-reckoning and astronomy in African history and cultures, (4) string figures in Africa, (5) examples of books published by African mathematicians, (6) board games in Africa, (7) research inspired by geometric aspects of the 'ÂÂsona'ÂÂ tradition. The book concludes with several indices (subject, country, region, author, ethnographic and linguistic, journal, mathematicians). Professor Jan Persens of the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) and president of the African Mathematical Union (2000-2004) wrote the preface.
Africa Counts
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Author : Claudia Zaslavsky
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 1999-04-01
Africa Counts written by Claudia Zaslavsky and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-01 with Social Science categories.
This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; manipulating money and keeping accounts; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; and number magic and taboos. African games such as mankala and elaborate versions of tic-tac-toe show how complex this thinking can be. An invaluable resource for students, teachers, and others interested in African cultures and multiculturalism, this third edition is updated with an introduction covering two decades of new research in the ethnomathematics of Africa.
African Basketry
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007
African Basketry written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
From the Preface:"Over the years, Paulus Gerdes has established himself as the pre-eminent expert on patterns in African weaving and basketry, and the broader implications of these patterns. ... This new book is a broad gallery of plaited African designs. These range over much of the continent while concentrating on those parts of Africa that are closest to his Mozambique center, including Kongo, Mbole and Mangbetu from Congo, Cokwe and Lunda from Angola, Digo from Kenya, Soga from Uganda, Zulu from South Africa, and Makhuwa in Mozambique itself, but including such distant peoples as Bamileke in Cameroon. In Gerdes' gallery we are shown the love of patterns and symmetries that are the result of centuries of exultant exploration. Enjoy!"Donald W. CroweProfessor of Mathematics, EmeritusUniversity of Wisconsin
African Pythogoras
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011
African Pythogoras written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Education categories.
"AFRICAN PYTHAGORAS: A study in culture and mathematics education" shows how diverse African ornaments and artefacts may be used to create an attractive context for the discovery and the demonstration of the Pythagorean Theorem and of related ideas and propositions. (first full colour edition, 124 pp.)