Rediscovering Mathematics: You Do the Math

by Shai Simonson (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0883857700

ISBN-10: 0883857707

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Rediscovering Mathematics is aimed at a general audience and addresses the question of how best to teach and study mathematics. The book attempts to bring the exciting and dynamic world of mathematics to a non-technical audience. With so much focus today on how best to educate the new generation and make mathematics less rote and more interactive, this book is an eye-opening experience for many people who suffered with dull math teachers and curricula.

Rediscovering Mathematics is an eclectic collection of mathematical topics and puzzles aimed at talented youngsters and inquisitive adults who want to expand their view of mathematics. By focusing on problem solving, and discouraging rote memorization, the book shows how to learn and teach mathematics through investigation, experimentation, and discovery. Rediscovering Mathematics is also an excellent text for training math teachers at all levels.

Topics range in difficulty and cover a wide range of historical periods, with some examples demonstrating how to uncover mathematics in everyday life, including:

number theory and its application to secure communication over the Internet,
the algebraic and combinatorial work of a medieval mathematician Rabbi,
and applications of probability to sports, casinos, and gambling.

Rediscovering Mathematics provides a fresh view of mathematics for those who already like the subject, and offers a second chance for those who think they don't.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 207 pages
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (March 15, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0883857707
ISBN-13: 978-0883857700
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.7 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,282,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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the book does what it says it will do

By Brad on April 21, 2011

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If you read Amazon's product description it says: "the book shows how to learn and teach mathematics through investigation, experimentation, and discovery." That is a bit vaguely worded, does "how to learn" mean how to learn higher math and that you will be proficient in all math by the end of the book? No, this book teaches the process of how to learn math, how to go about solving complex math problems. You will learn some math as the book uses examples from different areas of math to show how to go through the experimentation process. I have a lot of quick learning math books such as "Calculus the easy way" type of books, and some books indeed are better than others in explaining the content. But in the end you need a complete foundation of base knowledge to be able to use something like Calculus, there are no shortcuts. And so it is with this book, you are required to have some familiarity with high school level math, this book will only equip you with tools you need to learn such a huge subject, not magically make you understand everything.

Regarding the price of the book, it should be mentioned that this book is a hardcover book with a high quality binding. You might notice that when you buy hardcover coffee table books that the binding will wear and become loose after a while or even break if you open it too wide. The binding on this book is very solid, yet the covers and pages will readily open widely and dont have to be broken in to hold open. Publishers need to be held accountable to the quality of their product, the publisher spared no expense on this book and deserve mention for it in this review.

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Three Stars

By Amazon Customer on November 7, 2015

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Good book but nothing special

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