A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form

Lockhart, Paul

ISBN 10: 1934137170 / ISBN 13: 9781934137178

Published by Bellevue Literary Press, 2009

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A brilliant research mathematician who has devoted his career to teaching kids reveals math to be creative and beautiful and rejects standard anxiety-producing teaching methods.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
• Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934137170
• ISBN 13: 9781934137178
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

“One of the best critiques of current K-12 mathematics education I have ever seen, written by a first-class research mathematician who elected to devote his teaching career to K-12 education.” ―Keith Devlin, NPR’s “Math Guy”

A brilliant research mathematician reveals math to be a creative art form on par with painting, poetry, and sculpture, and rejects the standard anxiety-producing teaching methods used in most schools today. Witty and accessible, Paul Lockhart’s controversial approach will provoke spirited debate among educators and parents alike, altering the way we think about math forever.

Paul Lockhart is the author of Arithmetic, Measurement, and A Mathematician’s Lament. He has taught mathematics at Brown University, University of California, Santa Cruz, and to K-12 level students at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York.

About the Author

Paul Lockhart dropped out of college after one semester to devote himself exclusively to math. Based on his own research he was admitted to Columbia University where he received his PhD. The author of Arithmetic, Measurement, and A Mathematician’s Lament, he has taught mathematics at Brown University, University of California, Santa Cruz, and to K-12 level students at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York.