Hersh, Reuben, 1927-

Loving + hating mathematics : challenging the myths of mathematical life / Loving and hating mathematics Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011. - x, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

9780691142470 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0691142475 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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015629969 Uk


Mathematicians--Biography.
Mathematicians--Psychology.
Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States.

QA28 / .H48 2011

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