Mathematics
Mathematics often gets a bad press. No wonder some folks say 'oh I don't care for mathematics, I was never any good at it' with a wistful sense of pride.Yet professional mathematicians talk of the subject differently. Describing someone as 'calculating' o… Celý popis ↓
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Mathematics
Mathematics often gets a bad press. No wonder some folks say 'oh I don't care for mathematics, I was never any good at it' with a wistful sense of pride.Yet professional mathematicians talk of the subject differently. Describing someone as 'calculating' or 'rational' is hardly as flattering as being labelled 'artistic' or 'creative' and mathematicians in movies or novels are often portrayed as social misfits who rarely get the guy or girl.
As the Russian mathematician Sophia Kovalevskaya said It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.So why is there such a gap between the views of everyday folks and professional mathematicians? They look for elegant solutions to problems, revel in playing around with mathematical ideas and talk of the creative nature of mathematics. Part of the problem lies in how most of us were taught mathematics in school. The
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