Mathematics rebooted
by Lara Alcock · first published 2017
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Perhaps at school you liked mathematics for a while but were then put off because you missed a key idea and kept getting stuck. Perhaps you always liked mathematics but gave it up because your main interest was music or languages or science or philosophy. Or perhaps you studied mathematics to advanced levels, but have now forgotten most of what you once knew. Whichever is the case, this book is for you. It aims to build on what you know, revisiting basic ideas with a focus on meaning. Each chapter starts with an idea from school mathematics - often primary school mathematics - and gradually bu
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Thank you for the recommendation. As an adult learning mathematics I'm half way through "Mathematics Rebooted" by Lara Alcock and I really like it so far. It's a good read to complement school books, video lectures and Khan Academy. Burn Math Class seems like a great candidate to be next on my math reading list.
on “Calculus For The People” ↗Probably not what you are looking for, but i like these elementary books: Mathematics for the curious - Peter Higgins Mathematics rebooted - Lara Alcock Mathematics: a very short introduction - Timothy Gowers The Essence of Mathematics Through Elementary Problems https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-essence-of-...
on “Ask HN: Book Suggestions for Relearning Math” ↗…https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/maths/degrees/bsc-mathematics... There is a reasearch group at the OU behind this. - Department of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/maths-education/ - Mathematics Rebooted by Lara Alcock: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mathematics-rebooted... (She's at Loughbourgh, linked above. She has also written some books for University level mathematics.) - Frank Farris'…
on “Why is the state of mathematics education so abstract and uninspiring?” ↗