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The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition

By: Philip Davis,Reuben Hersh,Elena Anne Marchisotto

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The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition

By: Philip Davis,Reuben Hersh,Elena Anne Marchisotto

Winner of the 1983 National Book Award! "...a perfectly marvelous book about the Queen of Sciences, from which one will get a real feeling for what mathematicians do and who they are. The exposition is clear and full of wit and humor..." - The New Yorker (1983 National Book Award edition) Mathematics has been a human activity for thousands of years. Yet only a few people from the vast population of users are professional mathematicians, who create, teach, foster, and apply it in a variety of situations. The authors of this book believe that it should be possible for these professional mathematicians to explain to non-professionals what they do, what they say they are doing, and why the world should support them at it. They also believe that mathematics should be taught to non-mathematics majors in such a way as to instill an appreciation of the power and beauty of mathematics. Many people from around the world have told the authors that they have done precisely that with the first edition and they have encouraged publication of this revised edition complete with exercises for helping students to demonstrate their understanding. This edition of the book should find a new generation of general readers and students who would like to know what mathematics is all about. It will prove invaluable as a course text for a general mathematics appreciation course, one in which the student can combine an appreciation for the esthetics with some satisfying and revealing applications. The text is ideal for 1) a GE course for Liberal Arts students 2) a Capstone course for perspective teachers 3) a writing course for mathematics teachers. A wealth of customizable online course materials for the book can be obtained from Elena Anne Marchisotto (elena.marchisotto@csun.edu) upon request.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0817682945

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18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics

By: Reuben Hersh

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18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics

By: Reuben Hersh

Collection of the most interesting recent writings on the philosophy of mathematics written by highly respected researchers from philosophy, mathematics, physics, and chemistry Interdisciplinary book that will be useful in several fields—with a cross-disciplinary subject area, and contributions from researchers of various disciplines

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0387298312

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What is Mathematics, Really?

By: Reuben Hersh

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What is Mathematics, Really?

By: Reuben Hersh

Tries to refine the philosophy of mathematics to reflect what mathematicians really do, and argues that mathematics must be understood in a social context.

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Experiencing Mathematics

What Do We Do, when We Do Mathematics?

By: Reuben Hersh

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Experiencing Mathematics

What Do We Do, when We Do Mathematics?

By: Reuben Hersh

Part IV. About the author -- An amusing elementary example -- Annotated research bibliography -- Curriculum vitae -- List of articles -- Index -- Back Cover

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American Mathematical Soc.

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082189420X

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Peter Lax, Mathematician

By: Reuben Hersh

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Peter Lax, Mathematician

By: Reuben Hersh

This book is a biography of one of the most famous and influential living mathematicians, Peter Lax. He is virtually unique as a preeminent leader in both pure and applied mathematics, fields which are often seen as competing and incompatible. Although he has been an academic for all of his adult life, his biography is not without drama and tragedy. Lax and his family barely escaped to the U.S. from Budapest before the Holocaust descended. He was one of the youngest scientists to work on the Manhattan Project. He played a leading role in coping with the infamous "kidnapping" of the NYU mathematics department's computer, in 1970. The list of topics in which Lax made fundamental and long-lasting contributions is remarkable: scattering theory, solitons, shock waves, and even classical analysis, to name a few. His work has been honored many times, including the Abel Prize in 2005. The book concludes with an account of his most important mathematical contributions, made accessible without heavy prerequisites. Reuben Hersh has written extensively on mathematics. His book with Philip Davis, The Mathematical Experience, won the National Book Award in science. Hersh is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of New Mexico.

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What is Mathematics, Really?

By: Reuben Hersh

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Tries to refine the philosophy of mathematics to reflect what mathematicians really do, and argues that mathematics must be understood in a social context.

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Loving and Hating Mathematics

Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life

By: Reuben Hersh,Vera John-Steiner

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Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life

By: Reuben Hersh,Vera John-Steiner

An exploration of the hidden human, emotional, and social dimensions of mathematics Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions—and inspire more love and hatred—than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often, it is all too human. Loving and Hating Mathematics is about the hidden human, emotional, and social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of students and mathematicians. Written in a lively, accessible style, and filled with gripping stories and anecdotes, Loving and Hating Mathematics brings home the intense pleasures and pains of mathematical life. These stories challenge many myths, including the notions that mathematics is a solitary pursuit and a "young man's game," the belief that mathematicians are emotionally different from other people, and even the idea that to be a great mathematician it helps to be a little bit crazy. Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner tell stories of lives in math from their very beginnings through old age, including accounts of teaching and mentoring, friendships and rivalries, love affairs and marriages, and the experiences of women and minorities in a field that has traditionally been unfriendly to both. Included here are also stories of people for whom mathematics has been an immense solace during times of crisis, war, and even imprisonment—as well as of those rare individuals driven to insanity and even murder by an obsession with math. This is a book for anyone who wants to understand why the most rational of human endeavors is at the same time one of the most emotional.

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Princeton University Press

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1400836115

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Experiencing Mathematics

What Do We Do, when We Do Mathematics?

By: Reuben Hersh

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Experiencing Mathematics

What Do We Do, when We Do Mathematics?

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Part IV. About the author -- An amusing elementary example -- Annotated research bibliography -- Curriculum vitae -- List of articles -- Index -- Back Cover

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Strategic Thinking, Deterrence and the US Ballistic Missile Defense Project

From Truman to Obama

By: Reuben Steff

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Strategic Thinking, Deterrence and the US Ballistic Missile Defense Project

From Truman to Obama

By: Reuben Steff

A systematic critical survey of American strategic thinking and the strategic culture in which it is formed. In particular, this book seeks to interrogate the theory and strategy of nuclear deterrence, and its relationship to the concept of missile defence. Drawing widely on the theoretical literature in international relations and strategic studies, it identifies the key groups that have competed over America's nuclear policy post-1945 and examines how the concept of missile defence went through a process of gestation and intellectual contestation, leading to its eventual legitimization in the late 1990s. Steff sheds light on the individuals, groups, institutions and processes that led to the decision by the Bush administration to deploy a national missile defence shield. Additionally, Steff systematically examines the impact deployment had on the calculations of Russia and China. In the process he explains that their reactions under the Bush administration have continued into the Obama era, revealing that a new great power security dilemma has broken out. This, Steff shows, has led to a decline in great power relations as a consequence.

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Routledge

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1317049446

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The Making of the Modern University

Intellectual Transformation and the Marginalization of Morality

By: Julie A. Reuben

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The Making of the Modern University

Intellectual Transformation and the Marginalization of Morality

By: Julie A. Reuben

Based on extensive research at eight universities - Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Chicago, Stanford, Michigan, and California at Berkeley - Reuben examines the aims of university reformers in the context of nineteenth-century ideas about truth. She argues that these educators tried to apply new scientific standards to moral education, but that their modernization efforts ultimately failed.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226710203

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The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition

By: Philip Davis,Reuben Hersh,Elena Anne Marchisotto

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By: Philip Davis,Reuben Hersh,Elena Anne Marchisotto

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Loving and Hating Mathematics

Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life

By: Reuben Hersh,Vera John-Steiner

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Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life

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Princeton University Press

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The Adoption Triangle

Sealed Or Opened Records, how They Affect Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Parents

By: Arthur D. Sorosky,Annette Baran,Reuben Pannor

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The Adoption Triangle

Sealed Or Opened Records, how They Affect Adoptees, Birth Parents, and Adoptive Parents

By: Arthur D. Sorosky,Annette Baran,Reuben Pannor

The authors open the institution of adoption for exploration, evaluation, and consideration of the need for basic change. Sealed or opened records, the authors discuss how they affect adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents.

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Peter Lax, Mathematician

By: Reuben Hersh

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Peter Lax, Mathematician

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Descartes' Dream

The World According to Mathematics

By: Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh

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Descartes' Dream

The World According to Mathematics

By: Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh

These provocative essays take a modern look at the 17th-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. They survey the conditions that elicit the application of mathematic principles; the applications' effectiveness; and how applied mathematics transform perceptions of reality. 1987 edition.

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0486442527

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The Mathematical Experience

By: Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh

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The Mathematical Experience

By: Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh

Traces the history of mathematics, offers profiles of major mathematicians and their discoveries, and looks at the philosophy of mathematics.

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0395321573

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The Companion Guide to The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition

By: Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh,Elena Marchisotto

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The Companion Guide to The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition

By: Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh,Elena Marchisotto

The Companion Guide to The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition has been created as a teaching tool, not only for the teacher and the student, but also for those students who are potential teachers. Its major purpose is to enhance the value of The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition as a textbook for teachers and to provide content and method for prospective teachers. Thus, unlike instructional guides that are available to the adopting teacher only, this Companion is available to the student or the teacher who wants independently to develop further skills in teaching mathematics. An additional value is that it provides suggested topics to explore that are not in the text but that coordinate beautifully to the text. The inclusion of these topics makes The Companion Guide a flexible teaching tool, adaptable to a variety of courses and useable with many individual selections of other course materials.

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3764338490

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