I came across this fascinating video recently. The dominant mathematical pattern in Africa is fractal in nature, if you watch the video you will see how this knowledge is at the core of digital technology.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/198
can someone embed this video.
some links:
http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/african/CORNROW_CURVES/cornrow_homepage.html
http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.htm
http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/csdt.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/198
can someone embed this video.
some links:
http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/african/CORNROW_CURVES/cornrow_homepage.html
http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.htm
http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/csdt.html
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