@article{1479141,
      recid = {1479141},
      author = {Lockhart, Paul, },
      title = {Measurement /},
      pages = {1 online resource (416 p.) :},
      abstract = {For seven years, Paul Lockhart's A Mathematician's Lament  enjoyed a samizdat-style popularity in the mathematics  underground, before demand prompted its 2009 publication to  even wider applause and debate. An impassioned critique of  K-12 mathematics education, it outlined how we shortchange  students by introducing them to math the wrong way. Here  Lockhart offers the positive side of the math education  story by showing us how math should be done. Measurement  offers a permanent solution to math phobia by introducing  us to mathematics as an artful way of thinking and living.  In conversational prose that conveys his passion for the  subject, Lockhart makes mathematics accessible without  oversimplifying. He makes no more attempt to hide the  challenge of mathematics than he does to shield us from its  beautiful intensity. Favoring plain English and pictures  over jargon and formulas, he succeeds in making complex  ideas about the mathematics of shape and motion intuitive  and graspable. His elegant discussion of mathematical  reasoning and themes in classical geometry offers proof of  his conviction that mathematics illuminates art as much as  science. Lockhart leads us into a universe where beautiful  designs and patterns float through our minds and do  surprising, miraculous things. As we turn our thoughts to  symmetry, circles, cylinders, and cones, we begin to see  that almost anyone can "do the math" in a way that brings  emotional and aesthetic rewards. Measurement is an  invitation to summon curiosity, courage, and creativity in  order to experience firsthand the playful excitement of  mathematical work.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479141},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067349},
}