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Synopsis
Rediscovering Mathematics is a guide to more effective mathematical education, offering topics and puzzles that can inspire a renewed interest in mathematics among students and enthusiasts. Suitable for anyone wanting to expand their view of mathematics, the book's topics are linked by the theme of mathematical learning through investigation, challenge, and discovery. This book can be used as a text for training mathematics teachers at all levels, and is recommended for anyone interested in mathematics and how mathematics should be taught. Containing dozens of illustrations, tables, and exercises, the book focuses on problem solving and understanding, subsuming learning by memorization. Topics range from number theory and applications, to secure Internet communication, to probability in sports and gambling.
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About the Author
Shai Simonson (b. 1958) received his BA in Mathematics at Columbia University, and his MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science at Northwestern University. Having previously taught at the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Tel Aviv University and ArsDigita University, he is now Professor of Computer Science at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts. In 2000, Shai was the director of ADUni, aduni.org, which offers free computer science lectures to students all over the world, especially in developing countries. He plays go and bridge, dabbles with poker and Scrabble, loves to hike, cycle, bowl, sing, and play disc-golf. Shai grew up in New York, spent ten years in Chicago, and now makes his home in the Boston area. He spent two years (1983 and 1999) teaching and doing research in Israel. He is married with three children.
Home Page: web.stonehill.edu/compsci/shai.htm
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