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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. X Marks the Spot | The Lost Inheritance of Mathematics | Richard Garfinkle (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2021 | A K Peters/CRC Press | EAN 9780367187040 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -X Marks the Spot is written from the point of view of the users of mathematics. Since the beginning, mathematical concepts and techniques (such as arithmetic and geometry) were created as tools with a particular purpose like counting sheep and measuring land areas.Understanding those purposes leads to a greater understanding of why mathematics developed as it did. Later mathematical concepts came from a process of abstracting and generalizing earlier mathematics. This process of abstraction is very powerful, but often comes at the price of intuition and understanding. This book strives to give a guided tour of the development of various branches of mathematics (and what they're used for) that will give the reader this intuitive understanding.FeaturesTreats mathematical techniques as tools, and areas of mathematics as the result of abstracting and generalizing earlier mathematical toolsWritten in a relaxed conversational and occasionally humorous style making it easy to follow even when discussing esoterica.Unravels how mathematicians think, demystifying math and connecting it to the ways non-mathematicians think and connecting math to people's livesDiscusses how math education can be improved in order to prevent future generations from being turned off by math. 484 pp. Englisch.…

Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. David Garfinkle was born in 1958 and wanted to be a physicist ever since his first year of high school. He got a bachelor s degree from Princeton University in 1980 and a PhD from The University of Chicago in 1985. Since 1991 he has been.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - X Marks the Spot is written from the point of view of the users of mathematics. Since the beginning, mathematical concepts and techniques (such as arithmetic and geometry) were created as tools with a particular purpose like counting sheep and measuring land areas.Understanding those purposes leads to a greater understanding of why mathematics developed as it did. Later mathematical concepts came from a process of abstracting and generalizing earlier mathematics. This process of abstraction is very powerful, but often comes at the price of intuition and understanding. This book strives to give a guided tour of the development of various branches of mathematics (and what they're used for) that will give the reader this intuitive understanding.FeaturesTreats mathematical techniques as tools, and areas of mathematics as the result of abstracting and generalizing earlier mathematical toolsWritten in a relaxed conversational and occasionally humorous style making it easy to follow even when discussing esoterica.Unravels how mathematicians think, demystifying math and connecting it to the ways non-mathematicians think and connecting math to people's livesDiscusses how math education can be improved in order to prevent future generations from being turned off by math.…