Loving + hating mathematics : challenging the myths of mathematical life /
Loving and hating mathematics
Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.
- x, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Mathematical beginnings -- Mathematical culture -- Mathematics as solace -- Mathematics as an addiction : following logic to the end -- Friendships and partnerships -- Mathematical communities -- Gender and age in mathematics -- The teaching of mathematics : fierce or friendly? -- Loving and hating school mathematics.