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A mathematician's lament / Paul Lockhart ; with a foreword by Keith Devlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lockhart, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States--Evaluation.
- Mathematics.
- Educational evaluation--United States.
- Educational evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (141 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A manifesto for freeing math from the drudgery of traditional teaching by a brilliant mathematician.
- Contents:
- Lamentation. Mathematics and culture ; Mathematics in school ; The mathematics curriculum ; High school geometry : instrument of the devil
- Exultation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-88323-2
- 9786612883231
- 1-934137-33-2
- OCLC:
- 681711678
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