Analysing Historical Mathematics Textbooks

by Gert Schubring

Book Overview

This book is about the creation and production of textbooks for learning and teaching mathematics. It covers a period from Antiquity to Modern Times. The analysis begins by assessing principal cultures with a practice of mathematics. The tension between the role of the teacher and his oral mode, on the one hand, and the use of a written (printed) text, in their respective relation with the student, is one of the dimensions of the comparative analysis,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031176723
• ISBN13: 9783031176722
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"