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Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life

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Description for Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life Hardback. Describes the hidden human, emotional, and social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of students and mathematicians. This book is suitable for those who want to understand why the most rational of human endeavors is at the same time one of the most emotional. Num Pages: 432 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 754.
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 students and mathematicians. Written in a lively, accessible style, and filled with gripping stories and anecdotes, Loving and Hating Mathematics brings home the intense pleasures and pains of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691142470
SKU
V9780691142470
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About Reuben Hersh
Reuben Hersh is professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of New Mexico and the coauthor of "The Mathematical Experience", which won the National Book Award. He is also the author of "What Is Mathematics, Really?" Vera John-Steiner is professor emerita of linguistics and education at the University of New Mexico. Her books include "Notebooks of the Mind", which won ... Read more

Reviews for Loving and Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life
"Loving and Hating Mathematics, by Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner: Mathematicians also happen to be full of emotion."
Tyler Cowen, New York Times Magazine's Very Short Reviews "Mathematics gets a bad press. Its practitioners are often portrayed as aloof hyper-rationalists with oodles of logic but no emotional intelligence. Not so, say mathematician Reuben Hersh and linguist Vera John-Steiner. Focusing on the ... Read more

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