Paul Lockhart reveals arithmetic not as the rote manipulation of numbers but as a set of ideas that exhibit the surprising behaviors usually reserved for higher branches of mathematics. In this entertaining survey, he explores the nature...

A manifesto for freeing math from the drudgery of traditional teaching by a brilliant mathematician. von Lockhart, Paul

Lockhart s "Mathematician s Lament" outlined how we introduce math to students in the wrong way. "Measurement" explains how math should be done. With plain English and pictures, he makes complex ideas about shape and motion intuitive and...

"Measurement" von Paul Lockhart ist ein Buch, das sich mit der Schönheit und dem kreativen Potenzial der Mathematik befasst. Lockhart, ein Mathematiklehrer und ehemaliger Forscher, lädt die Leser dazu ein, Mathematik als eine Kunstform...