Arithmetic

Paul Lockhart reveals arithmetic not as the rote manipulation of numbers but as a set of ideas that exhibit the surprising behaviors usually reserved for higher branches of mathematics. In this entertaining survey, he explores the nature of counting and different number systems¿Western and non-Western¿and weighs the pluses and minuses of each.

About the author

Paul Lockhart teaches mathematics at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of Arithmetic, Measurement, and the essay A Mathematician’s Lament.

Summary

Paul Lockhart reveals arithmetic not as the rote manipulation of numbers but as a set of ideas that exhibit the surprising behaviors usually reserved for higher branches of mathematics. In this entertaining survey, he explores the nature of counting and different number systems-Western and non-Western-and weighs the pluses and minuses of each.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Lockhart, Lockhart Paul
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780674972230
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97223-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Basic principles; MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, MATHEMATICS / Arithmetic, MATHEMATICS / Counting & Numeration, Philosophy of Mathematics, History of mathematics, Mathematical logic, Mathematical foundations, Popular mathematics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Mathematics