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Mathematics and the less exact sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Freda Conway
Freda Conway*
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27 Cedars Court, Leicester LE2 1ZD
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School mathematics is customarily taught in three stages which can be described as practical, pure and applied respectively. They differ from each other in the way that they make use of scientific data; [1]. The first stage involves teaching mathematics through its applications; pure mathematics makes no use of applications and at the third stage known pure mathematics is applied to other scientific problems.

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Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 67 , Issue 439 , March 1983 , pp. 29 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1983 

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