Krøniker Fra Guinea

Krøniker Fra Guinea
Title Krøniker Fra Guinea PDF eBook
Author Kay Larsen
Publisher
Pages 156
Release 1927
Genre Denmark
ISBN

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The Slave Ship Fredensborg

The Slave Ship Fredensborg
Title The Slave Ship Fredensborg PDF eBook
Author Leif Svalesen
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 262
Release 2000
Genre History
ISBN 9780253337771

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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

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Title The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 712
Release 1974
Genre Union catalogs
ISBN

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Catalog of the African Collection

Catalog of the African Collection
Title Catalog of the African Collection PDF eBook
Author Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Library
Publisher
Pages 670
Release 1962
Genre Africa
ISBN

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Program of African Studies Collection

Program of African Studies Collection
Title Program of African Studies Collection PDF eBook
Author Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Library
Publisher
Pages 232
Release 1957
Genre Africa
ISBN

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The Culture of Ghana

The Culture of Ghana
Title The Culture of Ghana PDF eBook
Author E. Y. Amedekey
Publisher
Pages 236
Release 1970
Genre Ethnology
ISBN

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African Fractals

African Fractals
Title African Fractals PDF eBook
Author Ron Eglash
Publisher
Pages 258
Release 1999
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 9780813526140

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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.