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Do we still need mathematics?

Mathematics often gets a bad press. Describing someone as ‘calculating’ or ‘rational’ is hardly as flattering as being labelled ‘artistic’ or ‘creative’ and mathematicians in movies or novels are often portrayed as social misfits who rarely get the guy or girl. No wonder some folks say ‘oh I don’t care for mathematics, I was never any good at it’ with a wistful sense of pride. Yet professional mathematicians talk of the subject differently. They look for elegant solutions to problems, revel in playing around with mathematical ideas and talk of the creative nature of mathematics. As the Russian mathematician Sophia Kovalevskaya said « It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul. »So why is there such a gap between the views of everyday folks and professional mathematicians? Part of the problem lies in how most of us were taught mathematics in school. The mathematics served up there is presented as a series of de-contextualised, abstract ideas, wrested from the human struggles and interactions that gave birth to the ideas. Through looking at some of the history of mathematics, psychological studies into how we come to know mathematics and key ideas in mathematics itself, the intent of this book is, if not to make the reader fall in love with mathematics, then at least to come to understand its nature a little better, and perhaps care a little more for it. In short, this book explores the human side of maths.

Langue

en

Version

Broché

Date de sortie initiale

26 février 2015

Nombre de pages

151

Illustrations

Non

Personnes impliquées

Auteur principal

Mike Askew

Editeur principal

Teach Yourself

Informations sur le fabricant

Nom du fabricant

Hachette Ireland

Adresse du fabricant

– D15 XTP3 – – IE

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info@hbgi.ie

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Hauteur de l’emballage

178 mm

Hauteur du produit

13 mm

Largeur d’emballage

129 mm

Largeur du produit

129 mm

Livre d‘étude

Non

Longueur d’emballage

13 mm

Longueur du produit

178 mm

Poids de l’emballage

145 g

Police de caractères extra large

Non

Porno

Non

EAN

EAN

9781473601734

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Opérateur économique responsable dans l’UE

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Science et nature

Éducation et Didactique

Mathématiques

Éducatif

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Livre

Disponibilité

Disponible à l’adresse suivante

Langue

Anglais

Type de livre

Paperback