The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012Mircea Pitici The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world |
Contents
Why Math Works | 1 |
The Unplanned Impact of Mathematics | 21 |
Structure and Randomness in the Prime Numbers | 43 |
The Viewable Sphere | 61 |
Dancing Mathematics and the Mathematics of Dance | 79 |
Can One Hear the Sound of a Theorem? | 93 |
FlatUnfoldability and Woven Origami Tessellations | 113 |
A Continuous Path from High School Calculus to University Analysis | 129 |
Variables in Mathematics Education | 163 |
History of Mathematics and History of Science Reunited? | 176 |
A Historical Perspective | 197 |
Was Cantor Surprised? | 216 |
Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics at All? | 234 |
To Infinity and Beyond | 255 |
Contributors | 273 |
Credits | 287 |
Mathematics Teachers Subtle Complex Disciplinary Knowledge | 135 |
How Your Philosophy of Mathematics Impacts Your Teaching | 149 |