Mathematics Elsewhere

Author : Marcia Ascher
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691187648

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Mathematics Elsewhere is a fascinating and important contribution to a global view of mathematics. Presenting mathematical ideas of peoples from a variety of small-scale and traditional cultures, it humanizes our view of mathematics and expands our conception of what is mathematical. Through engaging examples of how particular societies structure time, reach decisions about the future, make models and maps, systematize relationships, and create intriguing figures, Marcia Ascher demonstrates that traditional cultures have mathematical ideas that are far more substantial and sophisticated than is generally acknowledged. Malagasy divination rituals, for example, rely on complex algebraic algorithms. And some cultures use calendars far more abstract and elegant than our own. Ascher also shows that certain concepts assumed to be universal--that time is a single progression, for instance, or that equality is a static relationship--are not. The Basque notion of equivalence, for example, is a dynamic and temporal one not adequately captured by the familiar equal sign. Other ideas taken to be the exclusive province of professionally trained Western mathematicians are, in fact, shared by people in many societies. The ideas discussed come from geographically varied cultures, including the Borana and Malagasy of Africa, the Tongans and Marshall Islanders of Oceania, the Tamil of South India, the Basques of Western Europe, and the Balinese and Kodi of Indonesia. This book belongs on the shelves of mathematicians, math students, and math educators, and in the hands of anyone interested in traditional societies or how people think. Illustrating how mathematical ideas play a vital role in diverse human endeavors from navigation to social interaction to religion, it offers--through the vehicle of mathematics--unique cultural encounters to any reader.

Author : Martin Aigner,Ehrhard Behrends
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821843499

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Mathematics Everywhere by Martin Aigner,Ehrhard Behrends Pdf

The authors are renowned mathematicians; their presentations cover a wide range of topics. From compact discs to the stock exchange, from computer tomography to traffic routing, from electronic money to climate change, they make the "math inside" understandable and enjoyable.

Author : Arkady Plotnitsky
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783031136788

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Logos and Alogon by Arkady Plotnitsky Pdf

This book is a philosophical study of mathematics, pursued by considering and relating two aspects of mathematical thinking and practice, especially in modern mathematics, which, having emerged around 1800, consolidated around 1900 and extends to our own time, while also tracing both aspects to earlier periods, beginning with the ancient Greek mathematics. The first aspect is conceptual, which characterizes mathematics as the invention of and working with concepts, rather than only by its logical nature. The second, Pythagorean, aspect is grounded, first, in the interplay of geometry and algebra in modern mathematics, and secondly, in the epistemologically most radical form of modern mathematics, designated in this study as radical Pythagorean mathematics. This form of mathematics is defined by the role of that which beyond the limits of thought in mathematical thinking, or in ancient Greek terms, used in the book’s title, an alogon in the logos of mathematics. The outcome of this investigation is a new philosophical and historical understanding of the nature of modern mathematics and mathematics in general. The book is addressed to mathematicians, mathematical physicists, and philosophers and historians of mathematics, and graduate students in these fields.

Author : Tella, Adedeji
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522561590

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Globalized Curriculum Methods for Modern Mathematics Education by Tella, Adedeji Pdf

The field of education is in constant flux as new theories and practices emerge to engage students and improve the learning experience. Globalization has created new challenges for mathematics educators as they are compelled to respond to the shifting patterns and practices of everyday life and stay abreast of the latest research in education, curriculum, development, and technologies. Globalized Curriculum Methods for Modern Mathematics Education is a comprehensive and timely publication that contains the latest research in mathematics education and modern globalized curriculum development and technologies. The book examines subjects such as teaching competencies, digital games for teaching and learning mathematics, and the challenges and prospects of globalized science curriculum. This is an ideal resource for educators, academicians, teachers, policy makers, researchers, and graduate-level students seeking to further their research in mathematics education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789087905019

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Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2004 - 2007 by Anonim Pdf

Every four years, beginning in 1984, the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) produces a review of Australasian research in mathematics education. The authors of the chapters in this volume have summarised and critiqued research conducted during the period 2004-2007.

Author : Eric Vandendriessche,Rik Pinxten
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030974824

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Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics by Eric Vandendriessche,Rik Pinxten Pdf

The book presents a series of ethnographic studies, which illustrate issues of wider importance, such as the role of cultural traditions, concepts and learning procedures in the development of formal (or mathematical) thinking outside of the western tradition. It focuses on research at the crossroads of anthropology and ethnomathematics to document indigenous mathematical knowledge and its inclusion in specific cultural patterns. More generally, the book demonstrates the heuristic value of crossing ethnographical, anthropological and ethnomathematical approaches to highlight and analyze—or "formalize" with a pedagogical outlook—indigenous mathematical knowledge. The book is divided into three parts. The first part extensively analyzes theoretical claims using particular ethnographic data, while revealing the structural mathematical features of different ludic, graphic, or technical/procedural practices in their links to other cultural phenomena. In the second part, new empirical studies that add data and perspectives from the body of studies on indigenous knowledge systems to the ongoing discussions in mathematics education in and for diverse cultural traditions are presented. This part considers, on the one hand, the Brazilian work in this field; on the other hand, it brings ethnographic innovation from other parts of the world. The third part comprises a broad philosophical discussion of the impact of intuitive or "ontological" premises on mathematical thinking and education in the light of recent developments within so-called indigenously inspired thinking. Finally, the editors’ conclusions aim to invite the broad and diversified field of scholars in this domain of research to seek alternative approaches for understanding mathematical reasoning and the adjacent adequate educational goals and means. This book is of interest to scholars and students in anthropology, ethnomathematics, history and philosophy of science, mathematics, and mathematics education, as well as other individuals interested in these topics.

Author : Marcia Ascher
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994-05-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0412989417

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Ethnomathematics by Marcia Ascher Pdf

In this truly one-of-a-kind book, Ascher introduces the mathematical ideas of people in traditional, or "small-scale", cultures often omitted from discussion of mathematics. Topics such as "Numbers: Words and Symbols", "Tracing Graphs in the Sand", "The Logic of Kin Relations", "Chance and Strategy in Games and Puzzles", and "The Organization and Modeling of Space" are traced in various cultures including the Inuit, Navajo, and Iroquois of North America; the Inca of South America; the Malekula, Warlpiri, Maori, and Caroline Islanders of Oceania, and the Tshokwe, Bushoong, and Kpelle of Africa. As Ascher explores mathematical ideas involving numbers, logic, spatial configuration, and the organization of these into systems and structures, readers gain both a broader understanding and anappreciation for the idease of other peoples.

Author : Juan Miguel Aguado,Bernard Scott,Eva Buchinger
Publisher : EDITUM
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788483718179

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Technology and Social Complexity by Juan Miguel Aguado,Bernard Scott,Eva Buchinger Pdf

Desde la perspectiva sociológica, el concepto de tecnología no puede referirse únicamente a los objetos técnicos, sino también a los procesos sociales y culturales que involucra. La sociocibernética y la teoría de sistemas plantean un marco conceptual esencial para el necesario debate sobre el papel de la tecnología en la configuración de la complejidad social. La tecnología permite al sistema social gestionar la complejidad social. La tecnología permite al sistema social gestionar la complejidad de su entorno a la vez que, por otra parte, contribuye a incrementar y diversificar la naturaleza compleja de las interdependencias entre la sociedad y los actores individuales. Simultáneamente, la creciente complejidad social demanda nuevas formas tecnológicas que permitan gestionarla. En suma, la tecnología se halla en la base de cualquier discusión relevante sobre la naturaleza contemporánea de la sociedad, ya sea del lado de los problemas (riesgo, control, y vigilancia global, bioética y bioingeniería, manipulación mediática, ecológica etc.) o del lado de las soluciones (comunicaciones instantáneas, ubicuidad y movilidad, accesibilidad, disponibilidad de conocimiento, etc.).

Author : Philip G. Spain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1088070701

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Mathematics Everywhere by Philip G. Spain Pdf

Author : Donal O'Shea
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780141900346

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The Poincaré Conjecture by Donal O'Shea Pdf

The Poincaré Conjecture tells the story behind one of the world’s most confounding mathematical theories. Formulated in 1904 by Henri Poincaré, his Conjecture promised to describe the very shape of the universe, but remained unproved until a huge prize was offered for its solution in 2000. Six years later, an eccentric Russian mathematician had the answer. Here, Donal O’Shea explains the maths behind the Conjecture and its proof, and illuminates the curious personalities surrounding this perplexing conundrum, along the way taking in a grand sweep of scientific history from the ancient Greeks to Christopher Columbus. This is an enthralling tale of human endeavour, intellectual brilliance and the thrill of discovery.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CUB:U183015821055

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The Westminster Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sir Herbert Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Essays
ISBN : HARVARD:HNNXGE

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Post Meridiana by Sir Herbert Maxwell Pdf

Author : Conrad Rudolph
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781444357226

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A Companion to Medieval Art by Conrad Rudolph Pdf

A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars. Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives. Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : England
ISBN : UCSC:32106019932612

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Ward Beecher Howard,Arthur N. Jervis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN : MINN:31951P01018522V

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The Eagle and Brooklyn by Henry Ward Beecher Howard,Arthur N. Jervis Pdf