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008    140505s2014    nyua     b    001 0 eng   
010      2014013908 
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016 7  016891268|2Uk 
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035    (OCoLC)871061584 
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050 00 QC6|b.A6913 2014 
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084    MAT015000|aSCI027000|aMAT000000|2bisacsh 
100 1  Artstein, Zvi,|d1943-|eauthor. 
240 10 Ha-ḳesher ha-matemaṭi.|lEnglish 
245 10 Mathematics and the real world :|bthe remarkable role of 
       evolution in the making of mathematics /|cby Zvi Artstein 
       ; translated from Hebrew by Alan Hercberg. 
264  1 Amherst, New York :|bPrometheus Books,|c2014. 
300    426 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-416) and 
       index. 
505 0  Evolution, mathematics, and the evolution of mathematics -
       - Mathematics and the Greeks' view of the world -- 
       Mathematics and the view of the world in early modern 
       times -- Mathematics and the modern view of the world -- 
       The mathematics of randomness -- The mathematics of human 
       behavior -- computations and computers -- Is there really 
       no doubt? -- The nature of research in mathematics -- Why 
       is teaching and learning mathematics so hard? 
520    In this illuminating study of how the science of 
       mathematics developed, a veteran math researcher and 
       educator looks at the ways in which  our evolutionary 
       makeup is both a help and a hindrance to the study of 
       math. Artstein chronicles the discovery of important 
       mathematical connections between mathematics and the real 
       world from ancient times to the present. He then describes
       some of the contemporary applications of mathematics, for 
       example, in probability theory, in the study of human 
       behavior, and in combination with computers, which give 
       mathematics unprecedented power. He concludes with an 
       insightful discussion of why mathematics, for most people,
       is so frustrating. He argues that the rigorous logical 
       structure of math goes against the grain of our 
       predisposed ways of thinking as shaped by evolution, and 
       offers ways to overcome these innate impediments in the 
       teaching of math.--From publisher description. 
546    Translation of: Hakesher hamatemati : hamatematika shell 
       hateva, hateva shell hamatematika ve-hazika la-evolutzia. 
650  0 Mathematics|xPhilosophy. 
650  7 MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution.|2bisacsh 
650  7 MATHEMATICS / General.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Mathematics|xPhilosophy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01012213 
650  7 Mathematik.|0(DE-588)4037944-9|2gnd 
700 1  Hercberg, Alan,|etranslator. 
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