Loving and Hating Mathematics

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Author(s): Reuben Hersh , Vera John-Steiner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 427

Introduction 1
1 Mathematical Beginnings 9
2 Mathematical Culture 46
3 Mathematics as Solace 89
4 Mathematics as an Addiction: Following Logic to the End 106
5 Friendships and Partnerships 138
6 Mathematical Communities 176
7 Gender and Age in Mathematics 228
8 The Teaching of Mathematics: Fierce or Friendly? 273
9 Loving and Hating School Mathematics 301
Conclusions 334
Review of the Literature 339
Biographies 349
Notes 385
Index of Names 403
General Index 410