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What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods
Richard Courant
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Description for What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods
Paperback. This introduction to the ideas and elements of mathematics should be of interest to students with a desire to develop mathematical skills, and general readers with an interest in mathematics. Num Pages: 592 pages, 301 line illus. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 780.
For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but does not lead to real understanding or to greater intellectual independence. This new edition of Richard Courant's and Herbert Robbins's classic work seeks to address this problem. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. ... Read more
For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but does not lead to real understanding or to greater intellectual independence. This new edition of Richard Courant's and Herbert Robbins's classic work seeks to address this problem. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc New York
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
786g
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195105193
SKU
V9780195105193
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Ref
99-21
About Richard Courant
The late Richard Courant, headed the Department of Mathematics at New York University and was Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences--which has subsequently renamed the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His book Mathematical Physics is familiar to every physicist, and his book Differential and Integral Calculus is acknowledged to be one of the best presentations of the subject written ... Read more
Reviews for What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods
Can...be read with great profit by anyone desiring general mathematical literacy.
Mathematics Abstracts
A great book.
Ludwig Otto, Paul Quinn College
A lucid representation of the fundamental concepts and methods of the whole field of mathematics. It is an easily understandable introduction for the layman and helps to give the mathematical student a general view of ... Read more
Mathematics Abstracts
A great book.
Ludwig Otto, Paul Quinn College
A lucid representation of the fundamental concepts and methods of the whole field of mathematics. It is an easily understandable introduction for the layman and helps to give the mathematical student a general view of ... Read more