Comments on: Ethnomathematics Digital Library

Ethnomathematics Digital Library

thatwhichfalls — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:45:30 -0800

, a collection of links and papers covering the interaction of mathematics and culture. (More Inside)

By: thatwhichfalls

thatwhichfalls — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:47:43 -0800

A bit of a grab-bag of sometimes loosely related resources, but there's some great stuff here. For example: a short review of Mathematics Used by American Indians North of Mexico, Non-Instrument Weather Forecasting, a rather odd paper (pdf) on the Basque Septuagesimal System and the Thread and Pearl Analog Calculator.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:01:36 -0800

More discussion of ethnomathematics in this thread.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:27:25 -0800

Fun stuff, ethnomathematics. I enjoyed reading Mathematics Elsewhere by Marcia Ascher. The chapter on wave maps was great.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:10:40 -0800

Good stuff, thanks, and thanks for the link to the other thread, LH. How I wish we could get de.licio.us/gmail-style free personal keywording for MeFi....