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A Mathematician's Lament

How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form

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A Mathematician's Lament

By: Paul Lockhart
Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
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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.

©2009 Paul Lockhart (P)2022 Tantor Education Engineering Mathematics Witty Math Education
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Freedom, Truth …Maths!

Everyone should read this book about maths, it is like listening to the meaning of The Emperor’s New Clothes and the Ugly Duckling rolled into one. Brilliant. It is also a dire warning for our children… so all parents should read it.

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Is is a good reminder what to strive for if you are a math educator. Not everything can be done, however, what one can do is not just be a sheep teacher and use one's education in mathematics to actually teach our subject to children the way it is intended. It is the things that matter not the names of the things.

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