Mathematical Cultures The London Meetings 2012-2014

This collection presents significant contributions from an international network project on mathematical cultures, including essays from leading scholars in the history and philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education. Mathematics has universal standards of validity. Nevertheless, there are l...

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Other Authors: Larvor, Brendan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Birkhäuser 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Trends in the History of Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This collection presents significant contributions from an international network project on mathematical cultures, including essays from leading scholars in the history and philosophy of mathematics and mathematics education. Mathematics has universal standards of validity. Nevertheless, there are local styles in mathematical research and teaching, and great variation in the place of mathematics in the larger cultures that mathematical practitioners belong to. The reflections on mathematical cultures collected in this book are of interest to mathematicians, philosophers, historians, sociologists, cognitive scientists and mathematics educators
Physical Description:VIII, 460 p. 54 illus., 24 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783319285825