The Mending of Broken Bones : A Modern guide to Classical Algebra – Paul Lockhart

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A joyful and intimate celebration of the beauty and creativity of algebra from one of the foremost math educators of our time.For many of us algebra conjures up memories of dull classes spent wondering when we’d ever have to solve a system of equations or factor a polynomial. Indeed most of the time if we need to plan a budget or figure out how early to leave the house for work common sense or a quick seat-of-the-pants approximation is good enough.But as mathematician Paul Lockhart argues in The Mending of Broken Bones once we stop thinking of algebra in terms of its practical applications we can appreciate it for the beautiful and gratifying subject that it is. In his hands algebra is the delicate craft of untangling numerical puzzles to reveal the hidden patterns and often surprising behaviors of the numbers themselves. As Lockhart traverses numerical systems slips into and out of higher-dimensional space and delights in the intimate connections between algebra and geometry…

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