Book chapter
Keeping Mathematical Awareness Alive
In
Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics
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2012, pp. 387-396
Abstract
Caring for the development of abstract mathematics is not at first sight useful and in modern society the applications of mathematics are more sophisticated and more difficult to grasp than in earlier times. This may easily lead to a decline in the emphasis on mathematical knowledge and thought in society, in particular in the educational system.
The increasing pressure from governments for more focus on immediate applications of mathematics in education and in mathematical research at universities makes it a huge task to inform the public about the usefulness and necessity of understanding the abstract mathematical thinking required to develop fundamental new applications of mathematics.
How can we handle it?
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Springer |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 387-396 |
| ISBN: | 128362687X , 128362687x , 3642257097 , 3642257100 , 9781283626873 , 9783642257094 and 9783642257100 |
| Types: | Book chapter |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-25710-0_27 |
