Ancestral Science

Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, and Spirit


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We were grateful to speak with Dr. KAMUELA YONG, a Native Hawaiian mathematician about how mathematics is all around us, calculating latitude by North Star angles, moving islands and the law of cosines, wingspan measurements, Kāuna-number systems, and sea swells as the constant drum beat of navigation. 

 

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