Häftad, Engelska, 2020
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Stefan Buijsman – författare
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- E-bokEngelska, 2020
205 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2022
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Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life?Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human endeavour. It answers questions such as: What is life without numbers? Is the usefulness of mathematics mere chance? How can we get a grip on uncertainty? Stefan Buijsman's richly entertaining guide makes connections between philosophy, psychology and history, while explaining the wonderful world of mathematics for absolutely everyone. - E-bokEngelska, 2020
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Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It''s behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life? Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human endeavour. It answers questions such as: What is life without numbers? Is the usefulness of mathematics mere chance? How can we get a grip on uncertainty? Stefan Buijsman''s richly entertaining guide makes connections between philosophy, psychology and history, while explaining the wonderful world of mathematics for absolutely everyone.
- Inbunden, Tyska, 2019
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- Inbunden, Tyska, 2021
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Häftad, Tyska, 2023156 kr
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- E-bokSvenska, 2019
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"Stefan Buijsman är verklighetens Sheldon Cooper i ’The Big Bang Theory’, men med ofantligt mycket större social kompetens."Svenska Dagbladet
Hur kan vi förstå vår vardag med simpel matematik? I Siffrorna visar holländska Stefan Buijsman hur trafikljus, Googles sökmotor, Netflix filmförslag och espressomaskinen på ditt lokala café, fungerar med hjälp av den matematik vi lär oss redan i skolan och avmystifierar siffrornas tillsynes komplexa värld.
Med exempel från vår vardag och tidiga högkulturer berättar Buijsman om de stora upptäckterna och om matematiken bakom väderprognoser, valbarometrar, medicinsk diagnostik och Facebooks förutsägelser av vårt beteende. Han pekar också på farorna och hur stora teknikintensiva branscher kan missbruka matematikens kraft. Hans vision är att vi kan skydda oss från att bli manipulerade eller utnyttjade genom att förstå mer av matematiken bakom.
Som den yngste i modern tid, 20 år gammal, blev Stefan Buijsman doktor i matematisk filosofi vid Stockholms universitet. Detta är hans första populärvetenskapliga bok, såld till sexton länder.
”Strålande reklam för matematiken och dess tillämpningar.”BTJ
- Häftad, Engelska, 2016
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How should we understand mathematics? Are we discovering truths about reality when doing mathematics? Or are we merely constructing an elaborate story, which happens to be very useful? These questions have long been the subject of philosophical debate, a debate that has most recently been structured around Benacerraf’s Dilemma. Theories have been put forward on both sides, some arguing that we discover truths about reality, and some arguing that mathematics fails to attach to anything in the external world. I argue that while these theories might be able to answer the question I started with in the case of professional mathematicians, they cannot answer it for ordinary people. So, I argue for an extension of the scope of the philosophy of mathematics. It should not only look at professional mathematicians, but it should also attempt to understand the mathematical practices of ordinary people. In order to establish these claims, I provide an extensive survey of the current theories in the philosophy of mathematics. For each of these, I point to shortcomings that prevent them from describing the practices of ordinary people. I appeal to relevant empirical research, both from psychology and from pedagogy, and provide some new interpretations of this research. Since each of these theories fails to describe the practices of ordinary people, the conclusion that current research needs to start looking at these practices follows.
