Africa and Mathematics

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Africa and Mathematics is written by Dirk Huylebrouck and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030040372 (ISBN 10) and 9783030040376 (ISBN 13).

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.