Description
This book presents the papers arising from the ICMI study seminar on the popularization of mathematics held at the University of Leeds, UK, 17–22 September 1989. The event was organized in conjunction with a highly successful touring exhibition known as the 'Pop Maths Roadshow'. Inspired by the discussion document prepared by Howson, Kahane and Pollak, the symposium consisted of three plenary sessions discussing the problems faced in the popularization through particular media. Members were present from a variety of backgrounds and discussion groups were devoted to specific themes, such as the image of mathematicians, TV and films, and mathematics in different cultures.
Chapter
Mathematics in Different Cultures Report of the Working Group
Mathematics for the Public
Making a Mathematical Exhibition
3.2. Lack of design experience
3.4. Stand-alone exhibition
5. CONSEQUENCES OF THE AGREED AIMS
5.2.1. Mathematics and discovery
5.2.2. Normality of mathematical methods
5.2.3. The context of history and art
6. Some mathematical methodology
6.5 Decomposition into simple elements
The Role of Mathematical Competitions in the Popularization of Mathematics in Czechoslovakia
1. POPULARIZATION OF MATHEMATICS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
2. MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS (some general notes)
3. MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1. MATHEMATICS, ART AND GAMES
3. THE PRACTICE OF MATHEMATICS AND GAMES
4. THE IMPACT OF GAMES ON MATHEMATICS
6. THE SPIRIT OF GAMES IN MATHEMATICS
7. MATHEMATICAL GAMES AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR THETEACHING AND POPULARIZATION OF MATHEMATICS
Mathematics and the Media
2. THE ROLE OF MATHEMATICS
3. MATHEMATICS AND THE VARIOUS MEDIA
5. MATHEMATICS AND NEWSPAPERS
Square One TV : A Venture in the Popularization of Mathematics
1. THE CTW MODEL FOR TELEVISION PRODUCTION
6. ISSUES RELATED TO POPULARIZATION
Frogs and Candles - Tales from a Mathematics Workshop
1. WORKSHOPS AND THE POPULARISATION OF MATHEMATICS
2. THE ATM CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP GROUP
Mathematics in Prime-Time Television: The Story of Fun and Games
1. FROM IDEA TO TRANSMISSION
2. THE STRUCTURE OF FUN AND GAMES
4. SOME RESPONSES TO THE PROGRAMME
5. SOME CONSTRAINTS ON PRESENTING MATHEMATICS ON POPULAR TELEVISION
Cultural Alienation and Mathematics
3. CULTURAL ALIENATION AND MATHEMATICS
4. A MAORI PERSPECTIVE ON MATHEMATICS
5. MAORI STATUS AND PRESTIGE IN RELATION TO MATHEMATICS
Solving the Problem of Popularizing Mathematics Through Problems
Popularizing Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level
The Popularization of Mathematics in Hungary
2. ITEM 1: CLUBS OF YOUNG MATHEMATICIANS
3. ITEM 2: CONTEST BY CORRESPONDENCE
The Whom and By What Topics are the same as before.
4. ITEM 3: TV COMPETITIONS
5. ITEM 4: RADIO PROGRAMMES
8. ITEM 7: FREE UNIVERSITY
9. ITEM 8: SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY
Sowing Mathematical Seeds in the Local Professional Community
2.2 Credit Creation in NBFIs
Mathematical News that's Fit to Print
Christmas Lectures and Mathematics Masterclasses
Criteria for choice of theorems in the Christmas Lectures
Examples of some of the theorems
Mathematics Masterclasses
Criteria for a masterclass
Examples of masterclasses
Some Aspects of the Popularization of Mathematics in China
2. MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS
The Popularization of Mathematics
( ICMI Studies )
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