Mathematics as a Culture Clue
Author | : Cassius Jackson Keyser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Mathematical literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Cassius Jackson Keyser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Mathematical literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Cassius Jackson Keyser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jessica K. Sklar |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786489944 |
Mathematics has maintained a surprising presence in popular media for over a century. In recent years, the movies Good Will Hunting, A Beautiful Mind, and Stand and Deliver, the stage plays Breaking the Code and Proof, the novella Flatland and the hugely successful television crime series NUMB3RS all weave mathematics prominently into their storylines. Less obvious but pivotal references to the subject appear in the blockbuster TV show Lost, the cult movie The Princess Bride, and even Tolstoy's War and Peace. In this collection of new essays, contributors consider the role of math in everything from films, baseball, crossword puzzles, fantasy role-playing games, and television shows to science fiction tales, award-winning plays and classic works of literature. Revealing the broad range of intersections between mathematics and mainstream culture, this collection demonstrates that even "mass entertainment" can have a hidden depth.
Author | : Cassius Jackson Keyser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Raymond L. Wilder |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2014-05-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1483100618 |
Mathematics as a Cultural System discusses the relationship between mathematics and culture. The book is comprised of eight chapters discussing topics that support the concept of mathematics as a cultural system. Chapter I deals with the nature of culture and cultural systems, while Chapter 2 provides examples of cultural patterns observable in the evolution of mechanics. Chapter III treats historical episodes as a laboratory for the illustration of patterns and forces that have been operative in cultural change. Chapter IV covers hereditary stress, and Chapter V discusses consolidation as a force and process. Chapter VI talks about the singularities in the evolution of mechanics, while Chapter 7 deals with the laws governing the evolution of mathematics. Chapter VIII tackles the role and future of mathematics. The book will be of great interest to readers who are curious about how mathematics relates to culture.
Author | : Arthur B. Powell |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 1997-04-17 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1438416415 |
This collection brings together classic, previously published articles and new research to present the emerging field of ethnomathematics from a critical perspective, challenging particular ways in which Eurocentrism permeates mathematics education. The contributors identify several of the field's broad themes—reconsidering what counts as mathematical knowledge, considering interactions between culture and mathematical knowledge, and uncovering hidden and distorted histories of mathematical knowledge. The book offers a diversity of ethnomathematics perspectives that develop both theoretical and practical issues from various disciplines including mathematics, mathematics education, history, anthropology, cognitive psychology, feminist studies, and African studies written by authors from Brazil, England, Australia, Mozambique, Palestine, Belgium, and the United States.
Author | : I͡U. I. Manin |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0821843311 |
Includes essays that are grouped in three parts: Mathematics; Mathematics and Physics; and, Language, Consciousness, and Book reviews. This book is suitable for those interested in the philosophy and history of mathematics, physics, and linguistics.
Author | : James Roy Newman |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780486411538 |
Presents 33 essays on such topics as statistics and the design of experiments, group theory, the mathematics of infinity, the mathematical way of thinking, the unreasonableness of mathematics, and mathematics as an art. A reprint of volume 3 of the four-volume edition originally published by Simon and Schuster in 1956. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author | : James R. Newman |
Publisher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 527 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 5881361555 |
Author | : Thomas Tymoczko |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1998-02 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780691034980 |
The traditional debate among philosophers of mathematics is whether there is an external mathematical reality, something out there to be discovered, or whether mathematics is the product of the human mind. This provocative book, now available in a revised and expanded paperback edition, goes beyond foundationalist questions to offer what has been called a "postmodern" assessment of the philosophy of mathematics--one that addresses issues of theoretical importance in terms of mathematical experience. By bringing together essays of leading philosophers, mathematicians, logicians, and computer scientists, Thomas Tymoczko reveals an evolving effort to account for the nature of mathematics in relation to other human activities. These accounts include such topics as the history of mathematics as a field of study, predictions about how computers will influence the future organization of mathematics, and what processes a proof undergoes before it reaches publishable form. This expanded edition now contains essays by Penelope Maddy, Michael D. Resnik, and William P. Thurston that address the nature of mathematical proofs. The editor has provided a new afterword and a supplemental bibliography of recent work.