A Mathematician's Lament
- Authors
- Lockhart, Paul
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press
- Tags
- science
- ISBN
- 9781934137338
- Date
- 2009-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.72 MB
- Lang
- en
One of the best critiques of current mathematics education I have ever seen. Keith Devlin, math columnist on NPR s Morning Edition
A brilliant research mathematician who has devoted his career to teaching kids reveals math to be creative and beautiful and rejects standard anxiety-producing teaching methods. Witty and accessible, Paul Lockhart s controversial approach will provoke spirited debate among educators and parents alike and it will alter the way we think about math forever.
Paul Lockhart , has taught mathematics at Brown University and UC Santa Cruz. Since 2000, he has dedicated himself to K-12 level students at St. Ann s School in Brooklyn, New York.
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