SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS IN SCHOOL MATHEMATICS by David Pimm ( 9780415113854 )

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Title:

SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS IN SCHOOL MATHEMATICS

By:

David Pimm

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0415113857

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9780415113854

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

20 April, 1995

Pages:

234

Description:

This timely book explores the various uses and aspects of symbols in school mathematics and the notion of mathematical meaning. In addition, the author addresses a number of key issues for the 1990s eg.changes within mathematical functioning.

Synopsis:

Symbols and Meanings in School Mathematics explores the various uses and aspects of symbols in school mathematics and also examines the notion of mathematical meaning. It is concerned with the power of language which enables us to do mathematics, giving us the ability to name and rename, to transform names and to use names and descriptions to conjure, communicate and control our images. It is in the interplay between language, image and object that mathematics is created and can be communicated to others. The book also addresses a set of questions of particular relevance to the last decade of the twentieth century, which arise due to the proliferation of machines offering mathematical functioning.

Illustrations:

27 line figures, 14 photographs

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Routledge

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