Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations (Classroom Resource Materials)

Paulus Gerdes

ISBN 10: 0883857154 / ISBN 13: 9780883857151

Published by The Mathematical Association of America (edition First Edition), 1999

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations (Classroom Resource Materials)
• Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0883857154
• ISBN 13: 9780883857151
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

This book draws on geometric ideas from cultural activities from Subsaharan Africa, and demonstrates how they may be explored to develop mathematical reasoning from school level through to university standard. Mathematicians and teachers of mathematics at all levels will be fascinated, as will anybody with an interest in African cultures.

About the Author

Paulus Gerdes received his doctorates in mathematics, the history of mathematics, and mathematics education from the Universities of Dresden and Wuppertal (Germany). He has been a professor of mathematics at the Eduardo Mondlane University, and the Universidade Pedaggica in Mozambique for many years, serving as President from 1989-1996. He was a visiting professor at the University of Georgia from 1996 to 1998. He has served the African Mathematical Union as chair of the commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa since 1986, and was the secretary of the Southern African Mathematical Sciences Association 1991-1995.