The Foundations of Mathematics, 2nd Edition
$100.22
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2015
Summary
The transition from school mathematics to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at school, versus a new emphasis on proof, based on logic, and a more abstract development of general concepts, based on set theory. The authors have many years’ experience of the potential difficulties involved, through teaching first-year undergraduates and researching the ways in which students and math…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198706434 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 019870643X |
| Author: | Ian Stewart, David Tall |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 508g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 141mm x 24mm |
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give[s] a very comprehensive overview of the mathematics involved in part of a first year mathematics degree. It would be of most value to tutors and lecturers in encouraging them to think about teaching methodologies and how they might modify them to help students in their thinking of mathematical ideas and their development of a coherent structure of mathematical concepts.'John Sykes, Maths in SchoolReview from previous edition There are many textbooks available for a so-called transition course from calculus to abstract mathematics. I have taught this course several times and always find it problematic. The Foundations of Mathematics (Stewart and Tall) is a horse of a different color. The writing is excellent and there is actually some useful mathematics. I definitely like this book.‘The Bulletin of Mathematics Books
About The Author
Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He remains an active research mathematician and is a Fellow of the Royal Society. Famed for his popular science writing and broadcasting, for which he is the recipient of numerous awards, his bestselling books include: Does God Play Dice?, Nature’s Numbers, and Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities. He also co-authored The Science of Discworld series with TerryPratchett and Jack Cohen.
David Tall is Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Thinking at the University of Warwick. Internationally known for his contributions to mathematics education, his most recent book is How Humans Learn to Think Mathematically (2013).
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