For seven years, Paul Lockhart's A Mathematician's Lament enjoyed a
samizdat-style popularity in the mathematics underground, before
demand prompted its 2009 publication to even wider applause and
debate. An impassioned critique of K-12 mathematics education, it
outlined how we shortchange students by introducing them to math
the wrong way. Here Lockhart offers the positive side of the math
education story by showing us how math should be done. Measurement
offers a permanent solution to math phobia by introducing us to
mathematics as an artful way of thinking and living. In
conversational prose that conveys his passion for the subject,
Lockhart makes mathematics accessible without oversimplifying. He
makes no more attempt to hide the challenge of mathematics than he
does to shield us from its beautiful intensity. Favoring plain
English and pictures over jargon and formulas, he succeeds in
making complex ideas about the mathematics of shape and motion
intuitive and graspable. His elegant discussion of mathematical
reasoning and themes in classical geometry offers proof of his
conviction that mathematics illuminates art as much as science.
Lockhart leads us into a universe where beautiful designs and
patterns float through our minds and do surprising, miraculous
things. As we turn our thoughts to symmetry, circles, cylinders,
and cones, we begin to see that almost anyone can "do the math" in
a way that brings emotional and aesthetic rewards. Measurement is
an invitation to summon curiosity, courage, and creativity in order
to experience firsthand the playful excitement of mathematical
work.
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