Mathematical Thinking Tree

Author: (Korean) Park Gyungmi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features:
- Feeling the Mathematics in Life – Inspired by Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, it is observed that adults who often use numbers in their speech fail to express many important things in reality.
- Mathematics in Art – Many believe that mathematics is a logically rigorous discipline unrelated to imagination, yet in fact, it greatly enhances the artistic imagination in fields such as art, literature, and architecture.
- Geometry in Life – As the "study of space," geometry is more closely tied to reality and daily life than any other area of mathematics.
- Seeing the World Through Mathematics – At the entrance of Plato's Academy in ancient Greece, a sign hung bearing the words, "Let no one enter here unversed in geometry." According to Plato, studying mathematics could guide people trapped in the illusory world toward truth and the real world.
This book includes six chapters: Life Mathematics, Art Mathematics, the Movie A Beautiful Mind and Game Theory, Geometry in Life, and the Trap of Absolute Truth.