AI SearchAfrican mathematics : | from bones to computers / (Record no. 103730)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02025cam a2200361 a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 160620s2012 mdua b 000 0 eng c |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780761853480 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0761853480 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780761853497 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0761853499 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | SDU |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | GN476.15 |
| Item number | B216 A 2012 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bangura, Abdul Karim, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | African mathematics : |
| Remainder of title | from bones to computers / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Abdul Karim Bangura. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 220 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - Formatted Contents Note | |
| Formatted contents note | General introduction -- Beginnings : mathematics of bones -- Geometry south of the Sahara -- Numbers -- Beginnings of written mathematics: Egypt -- The Maghrebian tradition -- Combinatorics and African applications -- Vector calculus and African applications -- The Fourier transform and African applications -- Mathematical tiling/tessellation and African applications -- Bifurcations and African applications -- Fractals -- African-centered automated generation of metadata -- General conclusion: Access to mathematics versus access to the language of power : lessons from the struggle in South African multilingual mathematics classrooms. |
| 505 0# - Formatted Contents Note | |
| Formatted contents note | HKBU library |
| 518 ## - DATE/TIME AND PLACE OF AN EVENT NOTE | |
| DATE/TIME AND PLACE OF AN EVENT NOTE | YT2025 M08 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "This comprehensive text on African Mathematics addresses some of the problematic issues in the field, such as attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studies, literacy, native speakers, social class and differences, equal education, teaching methods"--Page 4 of cover. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Ethnomathematics |
| Geographic subdivision | Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Mathematics, Ancient |
| Geographic subdivision | Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Mathematics |
| Geographic subdivision | Africa |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Symbolism of numbers. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Ethnomathematics. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Mathematics. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Mathematics, Ancient. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Symbolism of numbers. |
| 650 07 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Ethnomathematik. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT -GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Africa. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT -GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Afrika. |
| 900 ## - Accession Number | |
| Accession Number | = C.1 SDU |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Available for Loans | General Books | MATRIX Library | MATRIX Library | General Eng/FL.3 | 22/08/2025 | Donation | GN476.15 B216 A 2012 | 1000385210 | 22/08/2025 | C.1 | 22/08/2025 | English Books |