Maybe someone should get a bunch of non-mathematician spouses of mathematicians to collaborate on an essay about “Ten Things I Learned about Mathematicians by Being Married to One”. :-) Jim Propp On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 2:44 PM Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Maybe slightly tangential, but excellent insight from an inspirational teacher (despite being --- technically speaking --- an amiably abysmal lecturer) :
WILLIAM P. THURSTON (1994) ON PROOF AND PROGRESS IN MATHEMATICS https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/9404236.pdf
WFL
On 8/11/19, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Davis and Hersch had a collection of essays called "The Mathematical Experience" that was good too.
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 2:08 PM Thane Plambeck <tplambeck@gmail.com> wrote:
i think polya's how to solve it is a pretty good source for this.
On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 9:07 AM Scott Kim <scottekim1@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know of a clear explanation written for nonmathematicians of the fundamental types of things research mathematicians do, and why?
I'm planning to write about how the process of inventing puzzles is similar to the process fo doing mathematical research, and how we can teach kids about mathematical research by having them invent puzzles. I'd like to reference other authors, and wonder what has been written that isn't just mathematicians talking to mathematicians.
The authors I know who have attempted this are Keith Devlin in Introduction to Mathematical Thinking, written to tell math grad students how "real" mathematics differs from how math is conventionally taught in K-12, and Eugenia Cheng in many of her books, starting with How to Bake Pi. These are good, but there's room for more voices. _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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