X Marks the Spot - 9780367187040

Why this book? -- Sticks and stones -- Abstraction, mistrust, and laziness -- Algebra, geometry, analysis : the mathematical mindsets -- Analytic geometry -- Calculus : motion and size -- The language of motion -- Sound, notes, and harmonics -- Probability and statistics -- Other geometries : not so straight, these sticks -- Algebra and the rise of abstraction -- The smith and the knight -- Building the theoretical universe -- Computers -- The theoretical universe of modern physics : toolkit included -- Math education & math in education.

• | Author: Richard Garfinkle
• | Publisher: CRC Press
• | Publication Date: February 05, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 482 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0367187043
• | ISBN-13: 9780367187040