2007, ISBN: 9780387754802

1 An Initial Assignment I haven’t taught the history of mathematics that often, but I do rather like the course. The chief drawbacks to teaching it are that i. it is a lot more … Mehr…

1 An Initial Assignment I haven&#8217;t taught the history of mathematics that often, but I do rather like the course. The chief drawbacks to teaching it are that i. it is a lot more work than teaching a regular mathematics course, and ii. in American colleges at least, the students taking the course are not mathematics majors but e- cation majors&#8212; and and in the past I had found education majors to be somewhat weak and unmotivated. The last time I taught the course, however, themajorityofthestudentsweregraduateeducationstudentsworkingtoward their master&#8217;s degrees. I decided to challenge them right from the start: 1 Assignment. In An Outline of Set Theory, James Henle wrote about mat- matics: Every now and then it must pause to organize and re?ect on what it is and where it comes from. This happened in the sixth century B. C. when Euclid thought he had derived most of the mathematical results known at the time from ?ve postulates. Do a little research to ?nd as many errors as possible in the second sentence and write a short essay on them. Theresponsesfarexceededmyexpectations. Tobesure,someoftheund- graduates found the assignment unclear: I did not say how many errors they 2 were supposed to ?nd. But many of the students put their hearts and souls 1 MyapologiestoProf. Henle,atwhoseexpenseIpreviouslyhadalittlefunonthis matter. I used it again not because of any animosity I hold for him, but because I was familiar with it and, dealing with Euclid, it seemed appropriate for the start of my course. Buch (fremdspr.) Craig Smorynski gebundene Ausgabe, Springer Us, 10.12.2007, Springer Us, 2007<

ISBN: 9780387754802

1 An Initial Assignment I haven’t taught the history of mathematics that often, but I do rather like the course. The chief drawbacks to teaching it are that i. it is a lot more work than … Mehr…

1 An Initial Assignment I haven’t taught the history of mathematics that often, but I do rather like the course. The chief drawbacks to teaching it are that i. it is a lot more work than teaching a regular mathematics course, and ii. in American colleges at least, the students taking the course are not mathematics majors but e- cation majors— and and in the past I had found education majors to be somewhat weak and unmotivated. The last time I taught the course, however, themajorityofthestudentsweregraduateeducationstudentsworkingtoward their master’s degrees. I decided to challenge them right from the start: 1 Assignment. In An Outline of Set Theory, James Henle wrote about mat- matics: Every now and then it must pause to organize and re?ect on what it is and where it comes from. This happened in the sixth century B. C. when Euclid thought he had derived most of the mathematical results known at the time from ?ve postulates. Do a little research to ?nd as many errors as possible in the second sentence and write a short essay on them. Theresponsesfarexceededmyexpectations. Tobesure,someoftheund- graduates found the assignment unclear: I did not say how many errors they 2 were supposed to ?nd. But many of the students put their hearts and souls 1 MyapologiestoProf. Henle,atwhoseexpenseIpreviouslyhadalittlefunonthis matter. I used it again not because of any animosity I hold for him, but because I was familiar with it and, dealing with Euclid, it seemed appropriate for the start of my course. Books > Mathematics Hard cover, Springer Shop<

ISBN: 0387754806

[EAN: 9780387754802], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Springer New York], MATHEMATIK / GESCHICHTE; ISAAC NEWTON; ALGEBRA, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - General textbooks, attempting to cover three… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780387754802], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Springer New York], MATHEMATIK / GESCHICHTE; ISAAC NEWTON; ALGEBRA, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - General textbooks, attempting to cover three thousand or so years of mathematical history, must necessarily oversimplify just about everything, the practice of which can scarcely promote a critical approach to the subject. To counter this, History of Mathematics offers deeper coverage of key select topics, providing students with material that could encourage more critical thinking. It also includes the proofs of important results which are typically neglected in the modern history of mathematics curriculum. 276 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9780387754802

General textbooks, attempting to cover three thousand or so years of mathematical history, must necessarily oversimplify just about everything, the practice of which can scarcely promote … Mehr…

General textbooks, attempting to cover three thousand or so years of mathematical history, must necessarily oversimplify just about everything, the practice of which can scarcely promote a critical approach to the subject. To counter this, History of Mathematics offers deeper coverage of key select topics, providing students with material that could encourage more critical thinking. It also includes the proofs of important results which are typically neglected in the modern history of mathematics curriculum.; Science & Nature, Springer<

2008, ISBN: 9780387754802

History of Mathematics ab 43.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: A Supplement. Auflage 2008. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Mathematik, Medien > Bücher nein Buch (gebunden) Hardcover;Natu… Mehr…

History of Mathematics ab 43.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: A Supplement. Auflage 2008. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Mathematik, Medien > Bücher nein Buch (gebunden) Hardcover;Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik;Allgemeines, Lexika, Springer New York<