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X marks the spot : the lost inheritance of mathematics /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Garfinkle, David, 1958- (Author), Garfinkle, Richard (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : AK Peters/CRC Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mathematics > History.
Mathematics > Study and teaching.
MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games
MATHEMATICS / Arithmetic
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Why this book?
  • Sticks and stones
  • Abstraction, mistrust, and laziness
  • Algebra, geometry, analysis : the mathematical mindsets
  • Analytic geometry
  • Calculus : motion and size
  • The language of motion
  • Sound, notes, and harmonics
  • Probability and statistics
  • Other geometries : not so straight, these sticks
  • Algebra and the rise of abstraction
  • The smith and the knight
  • Building the theoretical universe
  • Computers
  • The theoretical universe of modern physics : toolkit included
  • Math education and math in education.