David W. Henderson

David Wilson Henderson is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Cornell University. His work ranges from the study of algebraic geometry, Persian history of mathematics and exploratory mathematics for teaching prospective mathematics teachers. His papers in the philosophy of mathematics place him with the intuitionist school of philosophy of mathematics.[1][2] His practical geometry, which he puts at work and discovers in his carpentry work, gives a perspective of geometry as the understanding of the infinite spaces through local properties.[3] Euclidean geometry is seen in his work as extendable do the spherical and hyperbolic spaces starting with the study and reformulation of the 5th postulate[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, D., (1981). Three Papers, For the Learning of Mathematic, Vol. 1, No. 3 (March, 1981), pp. 12–15
  2. ↑ Henderson, D. W., (1990). The Masquerade of Formal Mathematics, and how it damages the human spirit, in R Noss, A. Brown, P. Drake, P. Dowlings, M. Harris, C. Hoyles, and S Mellin-Olsen, eds, Proceedings of the First International Conference: Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education: Actions and Critique, Institute of Education: University of London.
  3. ↑ Henderson, D. W. (1990). Experiencing Geometry on Plane and Sphere, Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  4. ↑ Henderson, D. W. (1990). Experiencing Geometry on Plane and Sphere, Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  5. ↑ Henderson, D. W. and Taimina, D., (1998). Differential Geometry: A Geometric Introduction, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  1. Henderson, D., (1981). Three Papers, For the Learning of Mathematics, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 12–15.
  2. Henderson, D. W., (1990). The Masquerade of Formal Mathematics, and how it damages the human spirit in R. Noss, A. Brown, P. Drake, P. Dowlings, M. Harris, C. Hoyles, and S. Mellin-Olsen, eds, Proceedings of the First International Conference: Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education: Actions and Critique, Institute of Education: University of London.
  3. Henderson, D. W. (1990). Experiencing Geometry on Plane and Sphere, Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  4. Henderson, D. W. & Taimina, D. (1998). Differential Geometry: A Geometric Introduction, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  5. Henderson, D. W. & Taimina, D. (2001). Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane, Mathematical Intelligencer, vol.23, No. 2, 2001, pp.17–28.
  6. Henderson, D. W. & Taimina, D. (2001). Essays in Mathematics? (Latvian), Skolotajs (Teacher journal), 4(28), 2001, Riga, pp. 27–31.
  7. Henderson, D. W. & Taimina, D. (2001). Geometry, The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Mathematics.
  8. Henderson, D. W. & Taimina, D. (2004). Non-Euclidean Geometries, Encyclopedia Britannica.
  9. Henderson, D. W. & Taimina, D. (2005). Experiencing Geometry: Euclidean and non-Euclidean with History, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  10. Taimina, D. & Henderson, W. (2005). How to Use History to Clarify Common Confusions in Geometry, MAA Notes volume No.68, p. 57-73.
  11. Taimina, D. & Henderson, D. W. (2005). Experiencing Geometry: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean with History, 3rd Edition. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
  12. Taimina, D. & Henderson, D. W. (2006). Experiencing Meanings in Geometry, in Nathalie Sinclair, David Pimm, William Higginson eds, Mathematics and the Aesthetic, Springer, pp. 58-83.

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