Summary: "I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof." That's how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met while researching the fractal patterns he'd noticed in villages across the continent. In this TEDTalk, Eglash, an ethnomathematician, illustrates how math and culture intersect by showing that many aspects of African design - in architecture, art, and even games - are based...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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