For most problems found in mathematics textbooks, mathematical reasoning is quite useful. But how often do people find textbook problems in real life? At work or in daily life, factors other than strict reasoning are often more important. Sometimes intuition and instinct provide better guides; sometimes computer simulations are more convenient or more reliable; sometimes rules of thumb or back-of-the-envelope estimates are all that is needed.
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
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
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
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…
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
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 …
Philosophically, mathematics is not a part of science. Mathematics studies patterns, science studies nature - Lynn Steen
Philosophically, mathematics is not a part of science. Mathematics studies patterns, science studies nature
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
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…
What humans do with the language of mathematics is to describe patterns. - Lynn Steen
What humans do with the language of mathematics is to describe patterns.
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
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…
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
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…
Mathematics is the science of patterns. - Lynn Steen
Mathematics is the science of patterns.
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