
These essays ponder the intellectual underpinnings of the field, examine the major topics in the history of mathematics, and recount the bizarre history of pseudomath. The author explores how people understand mathematics, the routes of learning they take as they make important discoveries and study mathematical concepts and theories.--[book cover].
Page Count:
372
Publication Date:
2009-01-01
ISBN-10:
0801892473
ISBN-13:
9780801892479
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