How Long to Read The Meaning of Proofs

How Long Does it Take to Read The Meaning of Proofs?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 1 minute to read The Meaning of Proofs by Gabriele Lolli

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Why mathematics is not merely formulaic: an argument that to write a mathematical proof is tantamount to inventing a story. In The Meaning of Proofs, mathematician Gabriele Lolli argues that to write a mathematical proof is tantamount to inventing a story. Lolli offers not instructions for how to write mathematical proofs, but a philosophical and poetic reflection on mathematical proofs as narrative. Mathematics, imprisoned within its symbols and images, Lolli writes, says nothing if its meaning is not narrated in a story. The minute mathematicians open their mouths to explain something—the meaning of x, how to find y—they are framing a narrative. Every proof is the story of an adventure, writes Lolli, a journey into an unknown land to open a new, connected route; once the road is open, we correct it, expand it. Just as fairy tales offer a narrative structure in which new characters can be inserted into recurring forms of the genre in original ways, in mathematics, each new abstract concept is the protagonist of a different theory supported by the general techniques of mathematical reasoning. In ancient Greece, there was more than an analogy between literature and mathematics, there was direct influence. Euclid’s proofs have roots in poetry and rhetoric. Mathematics, Lolli asserts, is not the mere manipulation of formulas.

How long is The Meaning of Proofs?

The Meaning of Proofs by Gabriele Lolli is 177 pages long, and a total of 45,489 words.

This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Meaning of Proofs Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 8 minutes to read The Meaning of Proofs aloud.

What Reading Level is The Meaning of Proofs?

The Meaning of Proofs is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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