Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Behrends, Ehrhard (Editor), Crato, Nuno (Editor), Rodrigues, José Francisco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematics, general.

This collective book aims to encourage and inspire actions directed towards raising public awareness of the importance of mathematical sciences for our contemporary society in a cultural and historical perspective. Mathematical societies, in Europe and around the world, can find ideas, blueprints an...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part 1 National Experiences
• Part 2 Exhibitions and Mathematical Museums
• Part 3 Popularisation Activities
• Part 4 Popularisation, Why and How.