Rediscovering Mathematics: You Do the Math
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S. Simonson
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Preface - a guide for the reader Introduction - how to read mathematics 1. Mathematical discovery in the classroom 2. Don't reach for your calculator (yet) 3. Have another piece of pie, Zeno? 4. Thinking like a mathematician - lessons from a medieval Rabbi 5. What's mathematics good for? 6. Three averages 7. Algorithms - the unexpected role of pure mathematics 8. Pythagoras' Theorem and math by pictures 9. Memorizing versus understanding 10. Games and gambling 11. Soccer balls and counting tricks 12. Pizza Pi and area 13. Back to the classroom Resources for rediscovering mathematics Further reading.