A Mathematician's Lament

by Paul Lockhart

Book Overview

"One of the best critiques of current K-12 mathematics education I have ever seen, written by a first-class research mathematician who elected to devote his teaching career to K-12 education." --Keith Devlin, NPR's "Math Guy"

A brilliant research mathematician reveals math to be a creative art form on par with painting, poetry, and sculpture, and rejects the standard anxiety-producing teaching methods used in most schools today. Witty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934137170
• ISBN13: 9781934137178
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.2"