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Mathematics for Human Flourishing | First Edition Edition

Compare Textbook Prices for Mathematics for Human Flourishing First Edition Edition ISBN 9780300237139 by Su, Francis,Jackson, Christopher
Authors: Su, Francis,Jackson, Christopher
ISBN:0300237138
ISBN-13: 9780300237139
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An inclusive vision of mathematics—its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourish
 
For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity’s most beautiful ideas.  
 
In this profound book, written for a wide audience but especially for those disenchanted by their past experiences, an award†‘winning mathematician and educator weaves parables, puzzles, and personal reflections to show how mathematics meets basic human desires—such as for play, beauty, freedom, justice, and love—and cultivates virtues essential for human flourishing. These desires and virtues, and the stories told here, reveal how mathematics is intimately tied to being human. Some lessons emerge from those who have struggled, including philosopher Simone Weil, whose own mathematical contributions were overshadowed by her brother’s, and Christopher Jackson, who discovered mathematics as an inmate in a federal prison. Christopher’s letters to the author appear throughout the book and show how this intellectual pursuit can—and must—be open to all.

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