Mathematics in African History and Cultures:
An
annotated Bibliography
Two new books on Mathematics follows the history of mathematics in Africa as
well as listing African doctorates in the subject
Paulus Gerdes & Ahmed Djebbar's Mathematics in African History and Cultures:
An
annotated Bibliography constitutes an updated and extended version of the bibliography
published
under the same name in 2004 by the African Mathematical Union.
The African Studies Association attributed the original edition a "special
mention"
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 "sona"
tradition.
The book concludes with several indices (subject, country, region, author,
ethnographic and linguistic, journal, mathematicians) with preface by
Professor Jan Persens of the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) and
president of the African Mathematical Union (AMU, 2000-2004).
Mathematics in African History and Cultures:
An
annotated Bibliography(430 pp., ISBN 978-1-4303-1537-7) is now available (both
in
print and as download) from http://www.lulu.com
and soon available from www.amazon.com and
other
retailers / bookshops.
African Doctorates in Mathematics: A Catalogue (383 pp.) presents a catalogue of over 2000 doctoral theses (in historical
order since 1923) by Africans in all fields of mathematics, including applied
mathematics, mathematics education and history of mathematics. For more
information, enter here.
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