内容简介
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a higher level of math competency, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.
In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to effectively learning math and science—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that there’s only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutions—you just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn math. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. A Mind for Numbers shows us that we all have what it takes to excel in math, and learning it is not as painful as some might think!
作者简介
芭芭拉‧歐克莉(Barbara Oakley)
現為美國奧克蘭大學(Oakland University) 工業系統工程學教授，麥克馬斯特大學(McMaster University) 「全球數位學習學院」學者。
美國醫學與生物工程研究院(American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering) 研究員。
全球開放線上學習系統「Coursera」兩堂最熱門課程「學會如何學習」(Learning how to Learn)和「觀念翻轉」(Mindshift)的主講者。
著有《大腦喜歡這樣學》(木馬)、《Mindshift》等書。
曾經是討厭數學的人，從小學到高中的數學成績都不好。後來她發現，數學與理科不好，妨礙了她的工作升遷。於是她回到校園，從頭開始學習數學與其他科學。她善用大腦的特性，建立新...
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A Mind For Numbers是2014年由Tarcher出版,作者BarbaraOakley。
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