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Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life

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 | #1696198 in Books |  2011-01-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.26 x1.35 x6.47l,1.62 | File type: PDF | 432 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A fine and knowledgeable study of mathematical practice and culture|By Richard C. Book|For anyone interested in mathematics or its sociology this is a rewarding book. Advanced mathematics is so alien to the bulk of the population that there are several myths and stereotypes about mathematicians. A major goal of the authors is to refute four of these: (1) "that mathematicians ar|From Booklist|“Love and hate,” declared the eighteenth-century mathematician Johann Lambert, “ . . . must have no place . . . in geometry.” Hersh and John-Steiner think otherwise, arguing t

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; often, it is all too human. Loving and Hating Mathematics is about the hidden human, emotional, and social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of studen...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life   |  Reuben Hersh, Vera John-Steiner. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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