2008, ISBN: 9783540752981

We start with a fun puzzle in mathematics and mathematical methods. How many corners does a four-dimensional cube have? Does such a thing exist, you ask? You may be a geoscientist or a ph… More...

We start with a fun puzzle in mathematics and mathematical methods. How many corners does a four-dimensional cube have? Does such a thing exist, you ask? You may be a geoscientist or a philosopher. If your answer is: there are surely more than the eight corners there are for a three-dimensional cube, you are an engineer. If you know without hesitation that there are exactly sixteen corners and you can prove why, you are a mathematician. To explain the goal of this book, I refer to Hersh (1997): The United States suffers from &#8220;innumeracy&#8221; in its general population, &#8220;math avoidance&#8221; amonghigh-schoolstudents,and50percentfailureamongcollegecalculusstudents.Causes include starvation budgets in the school, mental attrition by television, parents who don&#8217;t like math. There&#8217;s another, unrecognized cause of failure: misconception of the nature of mathematics. I think the speci c reference to the United States may be omitted. It is really a worldwide problem. Moreover, there is one more consequence of &#8220;math avoidance&#8221; and &#8220;misconception&#8221;: good mathematical approaches are sometimes applied inc- rectly. Particularly, the methods of statistics are often misused for different goals. Applying mathematical methods is similar to using nuclear power: the nal results depend on the competence of the user. I try to convince my readers to apply the &#8220;energy&#8221; of mathematics with consideration. Buch (fremdspr.) Olga Waelder gebundene Ausgabe, Springer Berlin, 11.02.2008, Springer Berlin, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 9783540752981

We start with a fun puzzle in mathematics and mathematical methods. How many corners does a four-dimensional cube have? Does such a thing exist, you ask? You may be a geoscientist or a ph… More...

We start with a fun puzzle in mathematics and mathematical methods. How many corners does a four-dimensional cube have? Does such a thing exist, you ask? You may be a geoscientist or a philosopher. If your answer is: there are surely more than the eight corners there are for a three-dimensional cube, you are an engineer. If you know without hesitation that there are exactly sixteen corners and you can prove why, you are a mathematician. To explain the goal of this book, I refer to Hersh (1997): The United States suffers from &#8220;innumeracy&#8221; in its general population, &#8220;math avoidance&#8221; amonghigh-schoolstudents,and50percentfailureamongcollegecalculusstudents.Causes include starvation budgets in the school, mental attrition by television, parents who don&#8217;t like math. There&#8217;s another, unrecognized cause of failure: misconception of the nature of mathematics. I think the speci c reference to the United States may be omitted. It is really a worldwide problem. Moreover, there is one more consequence of &#8220;math avoidance&#8221; and &#8220;misconception&#8221;: good mathematical approaches are sometimes applied inc- rectly. Particularly, the methods of statistics are often misused for different goals. Applying mathematical methods is similar to using nuclear power: the nal results depend on the competence of the user. I try to convince my readers to apply the &#8220;energy&#8221; of mathematics with consideration. Buch (fremdspr.) Olga Waelder gebundene Ausgabe, Springer Berlin, 11.02.2008, Springer Berlin, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 9783540752981

We start with a fun puzzle in mathematics and mathematical methods. How many corners does a four-dimensional cube have? Does such a thing exist, you ask? You may be a geoscientist or a ph… More...

We start with a fun puzzle in mathematics and mathematical methods. How many corners does a four-dimensional cube have? Does such a thing exist, you ask? You may be a geoscientist or a philosopher. If your answer is: there are surely more than the eight corners there are for a three-dimensional cube, you are an engineer. If you know without hesitation that there are exactly sixteen corners and you can prove why, you are a mathematician. To explain the goal of this book, I refer to Hersh (1997): The United States suffers from &#8220;innumeracy&#8221; in its general population, &#8220;math avoidance&#8221; amonghigh-schoolstudents,and50percentfailureamongcollegecalculusstudents.Causes include starvation budgets in the school, mental attrition by television, parents who don&#8217;t like math. There&#8217;s another, unrecognized cause of failure: misconception of the nature of mathematics. I think the speci c reference to the United States may be omitted. It is really a worldwide problem. Moreover, there is one more consequence of &#8220;math avoidance&#8221; and &#8220;misconception&#8221;: good mathematical approaches are sometimes applied inc- rectly. Particularly, the methods of statistics are often misused for different goals. Applying mathematical methods is similar to using nuclear power: the nal results depend on the competence of the user. I try to convince my readers to apply the &#8220;energy&#8221; of mathematics with consideration. Buch (fremdspr.) Olga Waelder gebundene Ausgabe, Springer, 11.02.2008, Springer, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 9783540752981

Erscheinungsdatum: 11.02.2008, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: Mathematical Methods for Engineers and Geoscientists, Auflage: 2008, Autor: Waelder, Olga, Verlag: Springer Berlin H… More...

Erscheinungsdatum: 11.02.2008, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: Mathematical Methods for Engineers and Geoscientists, Auflage: 2008, Autor: Waelder, Olga, Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg // Springer Berlin, Sprache: Englisch, Schlagworte: Erde // Planet // Geowissenschaft // MATLAB // Mathematische Analysis // allgemein // Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und Statistik // Stochastik // Geowissenschaften // Mathematik für Ingenieure // Umweltüberwachung // Umwelt-Monitoring, Rubrik: Geowissenschaften // Sonstiges, Seiten: 188, Informationen: HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Gewicht: 453 gr, Verkäufer: averdo Belletristik, [PU: Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg]<

2008, ISBN: 9783540752981

Buch, Hardcover, 2008, [PU: Springer Berlin], Springer Berlin, 2008