String Figures as Mathematics? An Anthropological Approach to String Figure-making in Oral Tradition Societies /

String Figures as Mathematics? An Anthropological Approach to String Figure-making in Oral Tradition Societies /

This book addresses the mathematical rationality contained in the making of string figures. It does so by using interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, mathematics, history and philosophy of mathematics. The practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societies,...

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Main Author: Vandendriessche, Eric (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 36
Subjects:
Mathematics.
Philosophy and science.
History.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Philosophy of Science.
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