Hersh / John-Steiner Loving and Hating Mathematics

Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3611-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hersh, Reuben

John-Steiner, Vera

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Mathematical Beginnings 9

Chapter 2: Mathematical Culture 46

Chapter 3: Mathematics as Solace 89

Chapter 4: Mathematics as an Addiction: Following Logic to the End 106

Chapter 5: Friendships and Partnerships 138

Chapter 6: Mathematical Communities 176

Chapter 7: Gender and Age in Mathematics 228

Chapter 8: The Teaching of Mathematics: Fierce or Friendly? 273

Chapter 9: Loving and Hating School Mathematics 301

Conclusions 334

Review of the Literature 339

Biographies 349

Notes 385

Index of Names 403

General Index 410

Über Autor(innen)

Reuben Hersh (1927–2020) was professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of New Mexico and the coauthor of The Mathematical Experience, which won the National Book Award. He was also the author of What Is Mathematics, Really? Vera John-Steiner (1930–2017) was professor emerita of linguistics and education at the University of New Mexico. Her books included Notebooks of the Mind, which won the William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association.