Mathematical Cultures
Download or Read eBook Mathematical Cultures PDF written by Brendan Larvor and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Brendan Larvor |
| Publisher | : Birkhäuser |
| Total Pages | : 457 |
| Release | : 2016-05-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783319285825 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3319285823 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Mathematical Cultures by : Brendan Larvor
Book excerpt: This collection presents significant contributions from an international network project on mathematical cultures, including essays from leading scholars in the history and philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education. Mathematics has universal standards of validity. Nevertheless, there are local styles in mathematical research and teaching, and great variation in the place of mathematics in the larger cultures that mathematical practitioners belong to. The reflections on mathematical cultures collected in this book are of interest to mathematicians, philosophers, historians, sociologists, cognitive scientists and mathematics educators.
