A Mathematician’s Lament

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Setmana de Sant Jordi, celebració avançada enguany al divendres 22 i nou llibre per commemorar la data. Es tracta de A Mathematician’s Lament de Paul Lockhart. Permeteu-me però que no faci cap comentari del text i que em limiti a enganxar tres cites de l’obra que penso que deixen molt clar el seu contingut.

A good problem is something you don’t know how to solve. That’s what makes it a good puzzle and a good opportunity.
How ironic that people dismiss mathematics as the antithesis of creativity. They are missing out on an art form older than any book, more profound than any poem, and more abstract than any abstract.
If your art teacher were to tell you that painting is all about filling in numbered regions, you would know that something was wrong. The culture informs you— there are museums and galleries, as well as the art in your own home. Painting is well understood by society as a medium of human expression. Likewise, if your science teacher tried to convince you that astronomy is about predicting a person’s future based on their date of birth, you would know she was crazy— science has seeped into the culture to such an extent that almost everyone knows about atoms and galaxies and laws of nature. But if your math teacher gives you the impression, either expressly or by default, that mathematics is about formulas and definitions and memorizing algorithms, who will set you straight?

Si amb les cites no us acabeu de fer una idea del tarannà del llibre mireu el seu subtítol, que no pot ser més explícit: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form.

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