Title:
A mathematician's lament / Paul Lockhart ; with a foreword by Keith Devlin.
Author:
Lockhart, Paul.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009.
Call Number:
QA13 .L63 2009
Abstract:
Lockhart speaks "against the way mathematics is taught in too many schools--as a rigid system of mindless algebraic rules with little meaning and very little beauty. Lockhart who has been a math researcher as well as a K-12 math teacher."--Publisher's description.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781934137178
Physical Description:
140 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Contents:
Lamentation. Mathematics and culture ; Mathematics in school ; The mathematics curriculum ; High school geometry : instrument of the devil -- Exultation.
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