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Mathematics: All That Matters (Paperback)
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Mathematics: All That Matters (Paperback)
Series: All That Matters
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Mathematics often gets a bad press. Describing someone as
'calculating' or 'rational' is hardly as flattering as being
labelled 'artistic' or 'creative' and mathematicians in movies or
novels are often portrayed as social misfits who rarely get the guy
or girl. No wonder some folks say 'oh I don't care for mathematics,
I was never any good at it' with a wistful sense of pride. Yet
professional mathematicians talk of the subject differently. They
look for elegant solutions to problems, revel in playing around
with mathematical ideas and talk of the creative nature of
mathematics. As the Russian mathematician Sophia Kovalevskaya said
"It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in
soul." So why is there such a gap between the views of everyday
folks and professional mathematicians? Part of the problem lies in
how most of us were taught mathematics in school. The mathematics
served up there is presented as a series of de-contextualised,
abstract ideas, wrested from the human struggles and interactions
that gave birth to the ideas. Through looking at some of the
history of mathematics, psychological studies into how we come to
know mathematics and key ideas in mathematics itself, the intent of
this book is, if not to make the reader fall in love with
mathematics, then at least to come to understand its nature a
little better, and perhaps care a little more for it. In short,
this book explores the human side of maths.
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