The Math Myth
And Other STEM Delusions
Published on 3. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-62097-391-2 (ISBN)
Description
When Andrew Hacker published an op-ed in the New York Times questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in schools, it instantly became one of the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests and aptitudes? In response to the controversy sparked by his ideas, Hacker fleshed out his arguments in The Math Myth, which Diane Ravitch has hailed as an 'important book'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
307 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62097-391-2 (9781620973912)
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07/2019
The New Press
€18.18
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Person
Andrew Hacker (19292026) was an American political scientist and public intellectual. He was the author of ten books, including the The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions (The New Press) and the New York Times bestseller Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal. He was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and wrote for The New York Times opinion page and The Chronicle of Higher Education.