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Dewey Class	510.9 (DDC 23)
Title	Matematica e mondo reale : il ruolo decisivo dell'evoluzione nella costruzione matematica del mondo (M) / Zvi Artstein ; traduzione di Simonetta Frediani
Author	Artstein, Zvi , 1943-
Publication	Torino : Bollati Boringhieri , 2017
Physical Details	380 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN	9788833927756
Summary Note	In this illuminating study of how the science of mathematics developed, a veteran math researcher and educator looks at the ways in which our evolutionary makeup is both a help and a hindrance to the study of math. Artstein chronicles the discovery of important mathematical connections between mathematics and the real world from ancient times to the present. He then describes some of the contemporary applications of mathematics, for example, in probability theory, in the study of human behavior, and in combination with computers, which give mathematics unprecedented power. He concludes with an insightful discussion of why mathematics, for most people, is so frustrating. He argues that the rigorous logical structure of math goes against the grain of our predisposed ways of thinking as shaped by evolution, and offers ways to overcome these innate impediments in the teaching of math.--From publisher description:
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Mathematics - History . Authors: Artstein, Zvi, 1943- . Artstein, Zvi 1943- . Classification: 510.9 (DDC 23) .

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