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Mathematics in Western Culture Morris Kline
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Modern science is built upon ancient science but features major improvements, namely the systematic use of experimentation and mathematics. Feb 11, 2014 - For more than a decade, Singapore, along with South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Finland, has been at or near the top of international leagues tables that measure children's ability in reading, maths and science. Aug 24, 2013 - For a more general text on the meaning of mathematics, highly readable and usable with HS students, nothing beats Morris Kline's old book Mathematics in Western Culture. In mathematics, calculus, statistics, logic, vectors, tensors and complex analysis, group theory and topology were developed by Westerners. If it is to be successful a “full western education” as Wyatt puts it, must also value who the students are, the culture they come from and respect their identity. Or is its success so dependent on very specific institutional and cultural factors unique to Singapore that it is folly to imagine that it might be reproduced elsewhere? Mar 17, 2014 - The divergent Greek and Hebrew approaches went into the mix that is Western culture, often clashing but sometimes also tempering one another. Mar 18, 2014 - Western Carolina University will host its 44th annual High School Mathematics Contest on Tuesday, March 25, with 376 of the region's top high school and junior high school mathematics students competing. Dec 13, 2009 - But it is Aristotle who, more than anyone, deserves to be considered the greatest hero of Western culture because the clear majority of the culture's characteristics ultimately stem from his ideas. Greek author / poet Homer likely lived in the 8th century BC. Jun 9, 2013 - Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization, Western lifestyle or European civilization, is a term used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, and specific artifacts and technologies that have some origin or association with Europe. This has led to a considerable sense transferable to other countries? It also shows that those kids are not going to have the support from family to learn. Thus, the entire idea of reading, writing and by extension maths and science, was a completely foreign concept. On “cultural life” for the sake of their children's economic futures. Jan 6, 2014 - Of course this can be mostly explained by cultural reasons, but the clearly later-than-usual summer sunsets must also have played a role in shaping the Spanish days.