Author: Kay LarsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Denmark
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Krøniker Fra Guinea
Author: Kay LarsenThe Slave Ship Fredensborg
Author: Leif SvalesenPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253337771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The author relates the history of this European slave ship, and includes a day-by-day account of how life on the ship in the 1700s may have been. Color illustrations and b&w photos.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Catalog of the African Collection
Author: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Program of African Studies Collection
Author: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
African Fractals
Author: Ron EglashPublisher:
ISBN: 9780813526140
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
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 contrast, traditional African settlements tend to use fractal structures-circles of circles of circular dwellings, rectangular walls enclosing ever-smaller rectangles, and streets in which broad avenues branch down to tiny footpaths with striking geometric repetition. These indigenous fractals are not limited to architecture; their recursive patterns echo throughout many disparate African designs and knowledge systems. 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.
The Culture of Ghana
Author: E. Y. AmedekeyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Government and Politics in the Akuapem State, 1730-1850
Author: M. A. Kwamena-PohPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Akuapem, Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
National Register of Microform Masters, 1965-1975
Author: Library of Congress. Catalog Publication DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microforms
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description