Loving and Hating Mathematics : Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life /

"Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions--and inspire more love and hatred--than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; of...

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Auteurs principaux: Hersh, Reuben, 1927-2020 (Auteur), John-Steiner, Vera, 1930-2017 (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Mathematics > Study and teaching.
Mathematicians > Psychology.
Mathematicians.
MATHEMATICS > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Mathematiques > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis.
Mathematiciens > Psychologie.
Mathematiciens > Biographies.
Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States.
Mathematicians > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Mathematical beginnings
  • Mathematical culture
  • Mathematics as solace
  • Mathematics as an addiction : following logic to the end
  • Friendships and partnerships
  • Mathematical communities
  • Gender and age in mathematics
  • The teaching of mathematics : fierce or friendly?
  • Loving and hating school mathematics.

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