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A Mathematician’s Lament

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Includes both the 2009 book and the original 2002 piece that was circulated as a PDF.

Author(s): Paul Lockhart
Publisher: Self, Bellevue Literary Press
Year: 2002, 2009

Language: English
Commentary: 978-1-934137-17-8
Pages: 162
City: -, New York

Foreword (9)......Page 8
Part I. Lamentation (13)......Page 12
Mathematics and Culture (22)......Page 20
Mathematics in School (36)......Page 34
The Mathematics Curriculum (55)......Page 53
High School Geometry: Instrument of the Devil (67)......Page 65
Part II. Exultation (90)......Page 87
Original 2002 Piece (i)......Page 138
Mathematics and Culture (iii)......Page 140
Mathematics in School (viii)......Page 145
The Mathematics Curriculum (xiv)......Page 151
High School Geometry: Instrument of the Devil (xviii)......Page 155
In Conclusion... (xxiii)......Page 160