Arithmetic |
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| Author:
| Lockhart, Paul |
| Series title: | Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-97223-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2017 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $41.95 |
Book Description:
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Paul Lockhart reveals arithmetic not as the rote manipulation of numbers but as a set of ideas that exhibit the surprising behaviors usually reserved for higher branches of mathematics. In this entertaining survey, he explores the nature of counting and different number systems--Western and non-Western--and weighs the pluses and minuses of each.
Paul Lockhart reveals arithmetic not as the rote manipulation of numbers but as a set of ideas that exhibit the surprising behaviors usually reserved for higher branches of mathematics. In this entertaining survey, he explores the nature of counting and different number systems--Western and non-Western--and weighs the pluses and minuses of each.