 Growth and New Intuitions: Can We Meet the Challenge?William F. Lucas
A chapter in Mathematics Tomorrow, 1981, pp 55-69 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The mathematical sciences have changed significantly during the past few decades. The most obvious change is the enormous growth of mathematics. However, the most exciting and potentially beneficial movement may well be the extensive mathematization of many traditional as well as newly emerging disciplines. The consequent influx of rich new ideas and alternative intuitional sources can greatly rejuvenate and invigorate mathematics itself. It would thus appear that mathematics should, for some time into the future, exhibit a truly great scientific advance that would bring reasonable prosperity to both its individual practitioners and its supporting institutions. Nevertheless, there is ample evidence to indicate that these possibilities are not being realized, and the prospects for the future are much less encouraging. The most obvious illustration of this is the gross mismatch between the mathematics that students are currently being taught and the skills that are marketable to most current users of the subject. Keywords: Mathematics Education; Physical Science; Mathematics Department; Mathematical Science; Math Anxiety (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4613-8127-3_7 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8127-3_7 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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