Eric Vandendriessche: 1 book
String Figures as Mathematics?
An Anthropological Approach to String Figure-making in Oral Tradition Societies
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
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,...
