The Beauty of Doing Mathematics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Beauty of Doing Mathematics write by Serge Lang. This book was released on 1985-09-04. The Beauty of Doing Mathematics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. If someone told you that mathematics is quite beautiful, you might be surprised. But you should know that some people do mathematics all their lives, and create mathematics, just as a composer creates music. Usually, every time a mathematician solves a problem, this gives rise to many oth ers, new and just as beautiful as the one which was solved. Of course, often these problems are quite difficult, and as in other disciplines can be understood only by those who have studied the subject with some depth, and know the subject well. In 1981, Jean Brette, who is responsible for the Mathematics Section of the Palais de la Decouverte (Science Museum) in Paris, invited me to give a conference at the Palais. I had never given such a conference before, to a non-mathematical public. Here was a challenge: could I communicate to such a Saturday afternoon audience what it means to do mathematics, and why one does mathematics? By "mathematics" I mean pure mathematics. This doesn't mean that pure math is better than other types of math, but I and a number of others do pure mathematics, and it's about them that I am now concerned. Math has a bad reputation, stemming from the most elementary levels. The word is in fact used in many different contexts. First, I had to explain briefly these possible contexts, and the one with which I wanted to deal.
The Beauty of Doing Mathematics
The Beauty of Doing Mathematics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Beauty of Doing Mathematics write by Serge Lang. This book was released on 2012-12-06. The Beauty of Doing Mathematics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. If someone told you that mathematics is quite beautiful, you might be surprised. But you should know that some people do mathematics all their lives, and create mathematics, just as a composer creates music. Usually, every time a mathematician solves a problem, this gives rise to many oth ers, new and just as beautiful as the one which was solved. Of course, often these problems are quite difficult, and as in other disciplines can be understood only by those who have studied the subject with some depth, and know the subject well. In 1981, Jean Brette, who is responsible for the Mathematics Section of the Palais de la Decouverte (Science Museum) in Paris, invited me to give a conference at the Palais. I had never given such a conference before, to a non-mathematical public. Here was a challenge: could I communicate to such a Saturday afternoon audience what it means to do mathematics, and why one does mathematics? By "mathematics" I mean pure mathematics. This doesn't mean that pure math is better than other types of math, but I and a number of others do pure mathematics, and it's about them that I am now concerned. Math has a bad reputation, stemming from the most elementary levels. The word is in fact used in many different contexts. First, I had to explain briefly these possible contexts, and the one with which I wanted to deal.
The Beauty of Doing Mathematics ...
The Beauty of Doing Mathematics ... - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Beauty of Doing Mathematics ... write by Lang. This book was released on 1985. The Beauty of Doing Mathematics ... available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Divine Proportion
The Divine Proportion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Divine Proportion write by H. E. Huntley. This book was released on 2012-06-08. The Divine Proportion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discussion ranges from theories of biological growth to intervals and tones in music, Pythagorean numerology, conic sections, Pascal's triangle, the Fibonnacci series, and much more. Excellent bridge between science and art. Features 58 figures.
Mathematics for Human Flourishing
Mathematics for Human Flourishing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mathematics for Human Flourishing write by Francis Su. This book was released on 2020-01-07. Mathematics for Human Flourishing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them."--Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine" This is perhaps the most important mathematics book of our time. Francis Su shows mathematics is an experience of the mind and, most important, of the heart."--James Tanton, Global Math Project For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity's most beautiful ideas. In this profound book, written for a wide audience but especially for those disenchanted by their past experiences, an award-winning mathematician and educator weaves parables, puzzles, and personal reflections to show how mathematics meets basic human desires--such as for play, beauty, freedom, justice, and love--and cultivates virtues essential for human flourishing. These desires and virtues, and the stories told here, reveal how mathematics is intimately tied to being human. Some lessons emerge from those who have struggled, including philosopher Simone Weil, whose own mathematical contributions were overshadowed by her brother's, and Christopher Jackson, who discovered mathematics as an inmate in a federal prison. Christopher's letters to the author appear throughout the book and show how this intellectual pursuit can--and must--be open to all.
