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African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design
Ron Eglash
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Description for African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design
Paperback. This is an introduction to fractal geometry, its expressions in African cultures, and an exploration of the implications of these findings for cultural theory, maths education and African development. It examines the political and social implications of the existence of African fractal geometry. Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 b&w and colour illustrations, charts. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; PBMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
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.
Anthropologists have observed that the patterns produced in different cultures can be characterized by specific design themes. In Europe and America, we often see cities laid out in a grid pattern of straight streets and right-angle corners. In ... Read more
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.
Anthropologists have observed that the patterns produced in different cultures can be characterized by specific design themes. In Europe and America, we often see cities laid out in a grid pattern of straight streets and right-angle corners. In ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813526140
SKU
V9780813526140
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Ref
99-23
About Ron Eglash
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 ... Read more
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