Title: Loving and hating mathematics
Description: Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But  few subjects provoke hotter emotions--and inspire more love and hatred--than  mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the  messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often, it is all too human. Loving and Hating Mathematics is about the hidden human, emotional, and  social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of students and  mathematicians. Written in a lively, accessible style, and filled with gripping  stories and anecdotes, Loving and Hating Mathematics brings home the intense  pleasures and pains of mathematical life. - Publisher.
Subjects: Psychology, Mathematicians, Study and teaching, Mathematics, Biography, Mathematicians, biography, Mathematics, study and teaching
Places: United States