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to make, mathematicians are not ready to properly face this new challenge. Time has come to look for a basis for this new relationship between mathematics and society. This is not an easy matter since the image of mathematics is often distorted, and obstructs the correct perception of its role by a lack of understanding of
- Jean Pierre Bourguignon
- 2001
Feb 7, 2006 · Mathematics has its own intrinsic beauty and aesthetic appeal, but its cultural role is determined mainly by its perceived educational qualities. The achievements and structures of mathematics are recognized as being among the greatest intellectual attainments of the human species and, therefore, are seen as being worthy of study in their own right, while the heavy reliance of mathematics on ...
As a result, exactly at a moment where citizens need to be comfortable with situations involving mathematical knowledge, so as to be helped with the ever-complex choices they have to make, mathematicians are not ready to properly face this new challenge. Time has come to look for a basis for this new relationship between mathematics and society.
- Jean Pierre Bourguignon
- 2001
May 11, 2023 · If there are well-trained mathematicians working in other sectors of society, that can only be good for mathematics in the long, long run. I know there are people who don’t think this way. Some of my colleagues think that, well, we train all these students, give them a Ph.D. and even give them a postdoctoral position or something, and if they go work for Google, it’s a loss of our effort.
Chapter one: Mathematical and data education – the case for change 18 1.1 Why change? Mathematics and data in the changing world 18 1.2 Mathematical and data education – the key ideas 31 1.3 Mathematical and data education for all 32 Chapter two: Mathematical and data education – where we are now 40 2.1 Overview 40
The Royal Society has commissioned Firetail to support the Mathematical Futures Programme, which aims to build a new vision of mathematics education that anticipates and supports the role of mathematics for individuals, economies and society, strengthening diversity and reducing inequity. This paper is the deliverable for the first Work Package of
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mathematical ideas and society. Our Hidden Figures Course Both authors were inspired after reading the text, Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Shetterly [She16]. Shetterly’s book provides a bril - liant view of how society and mathematical and ...
