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100 1  Artstein, Zvi,|d1943-|eauthor. 
240 10 Ḳesher ha-matemaṭi.|lEnglish 
245 10 Mathematics and the real world :|bthe remarkable role of 
       evolution in the making of mathematics /|cZvi Artstein.
       |h[Boundless electronic resource] 
264  1 Amherst, New York :|bPrometheus Books,|c2014. 
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504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    In this accessible and illuminating study of how the 
       science of mathematics developed, a veteran math 
       researcher and educator looks at the ways in which our 
       evolutionary makeup is both a help and a hindrance to the 
       study of math. Artstein chronicles the discovery of 
       important mathematical connections between mathematics and
       the real world from ancient times to the present. The 
       author then describes some of the contemporary 
       applications of mathematics'in probability theory, in the 
       study of human behavior, and in combination with computers,
       which give mathematics unprecedented power. The author 
       concludes with an insightful discussion of why mathematics,
       for most people, is so frustrating. He argues that the 
       rigorous logical structure of math goes against the grain 
       of our predisposed ways of thinking as shaped by evolution,
       presumably because the talent needed to cope with logical 
       mathematics gave the human race as a whole no evolutionary
       advantage. With this in mind, he offers ways to overcome 
       these innate impediments in the teaching of math. 
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650  0 Mathematics|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Mathematics. 
650  7 Mathematics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01012163 
655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iElectronic reproduction of (manifestation):|aArtstein, 
       Zvi, 1943-|tMathematics and the real world|dAmherst, New 
       York : Prometheus Books, 2014|z9781616140915|w(DLC)  
       2014013908|w(OCoLC)871061584 
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