Ron Eglash: African Fractals | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780813526140 | African Fractals | Modern Computing and Indigenous Design | Ron Eglash

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Beschreibung

Fractals are characterized by the repetition of similar patterns at ever-diminishing scales. Fractal geometry has emerged as one of the most exciting frontiers on the border between mathematics and information technology and can be seen in many of the swirling patterns produced by computer graphics. It has become a new tool for modeling in biology, geology, and other natural sciences. Drawing on interviews with African designers, artists, and scientists, Ron Eglash investigates fractals in African architecture, traditional hairstyling, textiles, sculpture, painting, carving, metalwork, religion, games, practical craft, quantitative techniques, and symbolic systems. He also examines the political and social implications of the existence of African fractal geometry. His book makes a unique contribution to the study of mathematics, African culture, anthropology, and computer simulations.

Über den Autor

Ron Eglash recieved a bachelor of science degree in cybernetics and his master of science in systems engineering, and he worked at National Semiconductor as a human factors engineer. He returned to the University of California for a doctorate on the cultural analysis of science and technology from the Board of Studies in History in Conciousness, and after graduating recieved a Fulbright scholarship for research in ethnomathematics at the University of Dakar in Senegal. He is currently an assistant professor at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

Part I
1 Introduction to fractal geometry
2 Fractals in African settlement architecture
3 Fractals in cross-cultural comparison
4 Intention and invention in design

Part II
5 Geometric algorithms
6 Scaling
7 Numeric systems
8 Recursion
9 Infinity
10 Complexity

Part III
11 Theoretical frameworks in cultural studies of knowledge
12 The politics of African fractals
13 Fractals in the European history of mathematics
14 Futures of African fractals

Appendix
Notes
References
Index

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	1999
Fachbereich:	Völkerkunde
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Völkerkunde
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780813526140
ISBN-10:	0813526140
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Eglash, Ron
Hersteller:	Rutgers University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Ron Eglash
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.03.1999
Gewicht:	0,572 kg

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