Children don´t like mathematics in school, and it´s not only their fault. Actually, the biggest share of this disgrace is due to the old methodologies and lack of understanding, at the institutional level, about the importance of this domain to everyday life.
The series: Conversation sur les mathématiques is part of a collection of publications aimed to outline various scientific domains and their relevance for the everyday life and institutional politics. It reunites dialogues between experts in a domain of study on topics related not only to theoretical and conceptual approaches but also to common relevance.
For instance, why mathematics are important for the everyday life? For instance, for being able to manage your costs and savings, or medical reasons or for setting up your business? What distinguishes a certain policy in the field from a country to another? What are the geopolitics of mathematics nowadays? What happened to France and what are the consequences of the daily decline of the educational measures in this field? What are the failures of communication between the French mathematicians and other scientists?
I´ve read this book of dialogues - among mathematicians with very complex life trajectories - as a long intellectual story, with fascinating insights into the everyday struggles of the scientific elites. I can´t wait to read the other conversations on other theoretical topics as well.
Rating: 4 stars
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