Dreams of Calculus: Perspectives on Mathematics Education [Paperback]

Johan Hoffman (Author), Claes Johnson (Author), Anders Logg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 17, 2004

A first-class debate book on the crucial issues of current mathematics teaching

The authors offer startling evidence that computers are changing mathematics in a profound way

Raises the question of how to alter teaching in mathermatics as a result of the computer's influence on the field

 

 

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

Aus den Rezensionen:

"… Das vorliegende Buch kann als eine Einführung in die Philosophie dieses Projekts bezeichnet werden. … Das Buch ist eher unkonventionell verfasst: nicht linear, sondern vernetzt und redundant, abwechslungsreich. Es ist kurzweilig zu lesen und liefert allen an einer Reform des Mathematikunterrichts Interessierten Stoff für Diskussionen."

(M. Kronfellner, in: IMN - Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten, 2006, Issue 202, S. 55 f.)

From the Back Cover

Dreams of Calculus presents evidence that mathematics education today is in a process of change of paradigm, caused by the revolutionary new possibilities offered by the computer. The authors complement the physicist Eugene Wigner's famous statement concerning "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences", by presenting evidence of "the reasonable effectiveness of computational mathematics". The book may also serve as an introduction to the Body&Soul mathematics education reform project reflecting the new paradigm.

Dreams of Calculus is directed to a large audience of teachers, students and users of mathematics. In a first part the authors present a brief history leading into applications of computational mathematics today. In a second part, they present key applications of computational mathematics for simulation of the motion of the planets in our solar system by solving Newton's equation, and turbulence by solving the Navier--Stokes equations.

This book is stimulated by the work of the Mathematics Delegation created by the Swedish Minister of Education in 2003 with the task of analyzing the current crisis in mathematics education on all levels.

The authors are leading researchers in computational mathematics.

Further information can be found at http://www.phi.chalmers.se/bodysoul/

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540219765
• ISBN-13: 978-3540219767
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,148,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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