What humans do with the language of mathematics is to describe patterns.

- Lynn Steen

Mathematics, in the common lay view, is a static discipline based on formulas...But outside the public view, mathematics continues to grow at a rapid…

- Lynn Steen

For most problems found in mathematics textbooks, mathematical reasoning is quite useful. But how often do people find textbook problems in real life…

- Lynn Steen

Mathematics is often defined as the science of space and number . . . it was not until the recent resonance of computers and mathematics that a more …

- Lynn Steen

Philosophically, mathematics is not a part of science. Mathematics studies patterns, science studies nature

- Lynn Steen

We believe that arithmetic as it has been taught in grade schools until quite recently has such a meagre intellectual content that the oft-noted reac…

- Lynn Steen

The lock-step approach of algebra, geometry, and then more algebra (but rarely any statistics) is still dominant in U. S. schools, but hardly anywher…

- Lynn Steen

Mathematics is the science of patterns.

- Lynn Steen

What humans do with the language of mathematics is to describe patterns... To grow mathematically children must be exposed to a rich variety of patte…

- Lynn Steen