Sona Geometry From Angola

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher : Polimetrica s.a.s.
ISBN 13 : 9788876990557
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sona Geometry from Angola written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Polimetrica s.a.s.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume provides readers with a glimpse into Paulus Gerdes's seminal work on the mathematics of an African tradition - 'sona' geometry, a drawing and narrative tradition from Angola with embedded mathematical ideas. The work represented in this book contributes significantly to efforts by other African mathematicians and mathematics educators to recuperate and valorize mathematical ideas and reasoning that reside in African material culture and cultural practices [...]. Moreover, Gerdes is a prolific contributor of work that reinforces a growing literature available in English of a dynamic research program in ethnomathematics. Uncoveirng the mathematical ideas embedded in a Cokwe cultural practice and providing access to the richness of these ideas are part of the concerns of ethnomathematics. As an ethnomathematician, Gerdes is not a neutral researcher but rather a public intellectual committed to finding ways not only to understand the mathematics of the Cokwe 'sona' tradition but also to raise important questions such as [...] when he observes that the profoundness of the mathematical ideas expressed in the 'sona' 'had started to build up.' With this, his reader is then prompted to ask questions: What happened to the building up of the 'sona' tradition and its mathematical ideas? Why was this development arrested? Answering these questions along with enjoying the beautiful presentation of the mathematics of the 'sona' tradition are the gifts that readers will receive from this wonderful volume"--Arthur B. Powell, p. [4] of cover.

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1430323132
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drawings from Angola written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For children from age 8 to 14. "Drawings from Angola" present an introduction to an African story telling tradition. The tales are illustrated with marvelous drawings made in the sand. The book conveys the stories of the stork and the leopard, the hunter and the dog, the rooster and the fox, and others. It explains how to execute the drawings. The reader is invited to draw tortoises, antelopes, lions, and other animals. The activities proposed throughout the book invite the reader to experiment and to explore the 'rhythm' and symmetry of the illustrations. Surprising results will be playfully obtained, such as in arithmetic, a way to calculate quickly the sum of a sequence of odd numbers. Children will live the beautiful mathematics of the Angolan sanddrawings. Answers to the activities are provided. The book can be used both in classrooms and at home.

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780883857151
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geometry from Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on geometric ideas from cultural activities from Subsaharan Africa to develop mathematical reasoning.

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1435726294
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lunda Geometry: Mirror Curves, Designs, Knots, Polyominoes, Patterns, Symmetries written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-06-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).

Author : Madhuri Bapat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781495160677
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book RangoLee Art written by Madhuri Bapat and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304105601
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women, Culture and Geometry in Southern Africa written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.)

Author : Daniel Ness
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317531183
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spatial Intelligence written by Daniel Ness and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial Intelligence examines public and professional conceptions of the relationships between thinking about spatial attributes and active engagement in spatially related constructions and designs. Even though children’s and adolescents’ spatial propensities in constructive activities parallel the skills needed by professionals in both established and emerging fields, spatial education is often missing from K–12 curricula and is easily impeded by teachers, parents, or other individuals who do not provide contexts in formalized settings, such as schools, to nurture its potential. This book bridges the gap by linking the natural spatial inclinations, interests, and proclivities of individuals from a variety of cultures with professional training and expertise in engineering, architecture, science, and mathematics. Educators will be better able to achieve the skills and awareness necessary to provide children and young adults with the vital opportunities inherent in spatial education.

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105141004
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Mathematics in Africa: 2000-2011 written by Paulus Gerdes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paulus Gerdes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sona Geometry written by Paulus Gerdes and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1430318678
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Doctorates in Mathematics written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a catalogue of over 2000 doctoral theses by Africans in all fields of mathematics, including applied mathematics, mathematics education and history of mathematics. The introduction contains information about distribution by country, institutions, period, and by gender, about mathematical density, and mobility of mathematicians. Several appendices are included (female doctorate holders, doctorates in mathematics education, doctorates awarded by African universities to non-Africans, doctoral theses by non-Africans about mathematics in Africa, activities of African mathematicians at the service of their communities). Paulus Gerdes compiled the information in his capacity of Chairman of the African Mathematical Union Commission for the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA). The book contains a preface by Mohamed Hassan, President of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). (383 pp.)