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Chargement... The Math Instinct: Why You're a Mathematical Genius (Along with Lobsters, Birds, Cats, and Dogs) (2005)par Keith Devlin
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The Math Instinct, written by Devlin (known as the “Math Guy” on NPR’s Weekend Edition and author of The Math Gene), is a take on his typical math nonfiction for young adults. It expounds on the idea that math is all around us and innate to us. It argues for the refocusing of formal math education and its progression around the math that comes most naturally. This would be an interesting read to give a high school math class, empowering students to become more active in their math education. In chapter 11 (§Math Whizzes with Shopping Carts, page 179) Devlin illustrates a study in the math abilities of Brazilian child vendors to use street mathematics. “Despite their failure to master school mathematics, the child vendors in Brazil and the other groups who used street mathematics all had one thing in common: they used numbers frequently in a context where those numbers had immediate practical significance. For most of us, that’s not the case. Most of the time we can get by just fine without using arithmetic.” (pg. 179) La parola matematica evoca immediatamente lo spettro dei tormenti sui banchi di scuola, ma perchè l'uomo dovrebbe essere da meno rispetto a gufi, castori, aragoste e ragni? Imparando da tutti gli animaliche fanno matematica e sanno escogitare trucchi per migliorare le proprie capacità innate, anche noi dovremmo scoprire nei numeri occasioni per un divertimento intelligente aucune critique | ajouter une critique
There are two kinds of math: the hard kind and the easy kind. The easy kind, practiced by ants, shrimp, Welsh Corgis -- and us -- is innate. But what innate calculating skills do we humans have? Leaving aside built-in mathematics, such as the visual system, ordinary people do just fine when faced with mathematical tasks in the course of the day. Yet when they are confronted with the same tasks presented as "math," their accuracy often drops. If we have innate mathematical ability, why do we have to teach math and why do most of us find it so hard to learn? Are there tricks or strategies that the ordinary person can do to improve mathematical ability? Can we improve our math skills by learning from dogs, cats, and other creatures that "do math?" The answer to each of these questions is a qualified yes. All these examples of animal math suggest that if we want to do better in the formal kind of math, we should see how it arises from natural mathematics. From NPR's "Math Guy," The Math Instinct is a real celebration of innate math sense and will provide even the most number-phobic readers with confidence in their own mathematical abilities. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I thought there would be a little more substance to this book. I was glad to see the stories and references to some of the street math but I was more intrigued by the examples of babies and math.
I would recommend it to friends that are not that interested in math.
For those that want more depth to the discussion relating math to instinct I'd go elsewhere. ( )