Loving + hating mathematics : challenging the myths of mathematical life / Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: x, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780691142470 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0691142475 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Loving and hating mathematics
- 510.92 B 22
- QA28 .H48 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Mathematical beginnings -- Mathematical culture -- Mathematics as solace -- Mathematics as an addiction : following logic to the end -- Friendships and partnerships -- Mathematical communities -- Gender and age in mathematics -- The teaching of mathematics : fierce or friendly? -- Loving and hating school mathematics.