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Reuben Hersh
Researcher at University of New Mexico
Publications - 108
Citations - 5233
Reuben Hersh is an academic researcher from University of New Mexico. The author has contributed to research in topics: Philosophy of mathematics education & Math wars. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 108 publications receiving 5092 citations. Previous affiliations of Reuben Hersh include Stanford University & Claremont Colleges.
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The Mathematical Experience.
TL;DR: This edition of the book should find a new generation of general readers and students who would like to know what mathematics is all about and will prove invaluable as a course text for a general mathematics appreciation course, one in which the student can combine an appreciation for the esthetics with some satisfying and revealing applications.
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The Mathematical Experience
Philip J. Davis,Reuben Hersh +1 more
TL;DR: The first edition of this book was published in 1983 and has been widely used as a course text for a general mathematics appreciation course, one in which the student can combine an appreciation for the esthetics with some satisfying and revealing applications.
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What Is Mathematics, Really?
TL;DR: Hersh argues that mathematics must be understood as a human activity, a social phenomenon, part of human culture, historically evolved, and intelligible only in a social context as discussed by the authors.
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What is Mathematics, Really?
TL;DR: Hersh argues that mathematics must be understood as a human activity, a social phenomenon, part of human culture, historically evolved, and intelligible only in a social context as mentioned in this paper.
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Proving Is Convincing and Explaining.
TL;DR: In mathematical research, the purpose of proof is to convince as discussed by the authors, and the test of whether something is a proof is whether it convinces qualified judges. In the classroom, on the other hand, it is to explain.