EAN: 9780674284388

MEASUREMENT - PAUL LOCKHART TASCHENBUCH

Paul Lockhart's Mathematician's Lament outlined how we introduce math to students in the wrong
way. Measurement explains how math should be done. With plain English and pictures  Lockhart
makes complex ideas about shape and motion intuitive and graspable  and offers a solution to
math phobia by introducing us to math as an artful way of thinking and living.   In
conversational prose that conveys his passion for the subject  Lockhart makes mathematics
accessible without oversimplifying. He makes no more attempt to hide the challenge of
mathematics than he does to shield us from its beautiful intensity. Favoring plain English and
pictures over jargon and formulas  he succeeds in making complex ideas about the mathematics of
shape and motion intuitive and graspable. His elegant discussion of mathematical reasoning and
themes in classical geometry offers proof of his conviction that mathematics illuminates art as
much as science.  Lockhart leads us into a universe where beautiful designs and patterns float
through our minds and do surprising  miraculous things. As we turn our thoughts to symmetry 
circles  cylinders  and cones  we begin to see that almost anyone can "do the math" in a way
that brings emotional and aesthetic rewards. Measurement is an invitation to summon curiosity 
courage  and creativity in order to experience firsthand the playful excitement of mathematical
work.

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