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 A wonderful book! Finally, I have conquered my math block. September 20, 1999
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
An excellent book! I credit this book, when used along with a college course about math anxiety, with removing my lifelong (40 yrs) math block. Now I know that I'm just as smart as anyone else who can do math -- there are just different ways to look at it! And now that I no longer view math as "hard", I can actually do it -- and I am amazed to say that I actually enjoy it! By the way, although the book may sound specifically aimed at females, I am a male and found it very relevant and helpful.
An excellent read for all! February 3, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a great book to read if you are a math teacher, have kids, or ever had trouble with math. It explains math anxiety and what causes it. It is very interesting and really makes you think. Most people do not like math from something in their past and it makes you think of where you went wrong with math. If you are a teacher or parent, it really helps you see how one can have trouble with math and how to help them without bogging you down with equations or worksheets. Definitely a book that will make you think!
A must read for all math teachers. June 21, 1998
Harvey Greenberg (hgreenbe@carbon.cudenver.edu) (Denver, Colorado)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I read the original edition (1978) and could not put it down. I look forward to getting the latest edition, and I have recommended it to my students.
Among Professionals Too! January 28, 2006
Douglas A. Lefelhocz (Macedonia, Ohio)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I haven't read all of this book. But what I have read I've found instructive, and helpful. I would like to add or reemphasize the following. Math anxiety doesn't just among laypeople, students, high school students, upper level students, and graduate students. It exists among professional mathematicians also. Look at the resistance among many current professional mathematicians to fuzzy logic. Fuzzy logicians and people who have applied such may also have this strong aversion, because they use words when doing their applications. Look at Bart Kosko who writes books talking about how with fuzzy logic we can do science with less math.
Students of the history of mathematics will also remember a certain mathematician saying "What good is your proof that pi is transcendental, when transcendental numbers don't even exist?" And who can forget another prominent historical mathematician the quote "God made the integers and the rest is the work of man." As if fractions didn't even exist mathematically! Nor imaginary numbers, or transcendental numbers! And even a contemporary, famous, first class mathematical physicist recently published a mathematical book paraphrasing this quote, I suspect, entitled "God made the Integers." Honestly, it looks like everyone, and by that I mean EVERYONE, has math anxiety in one form or another. So this sort of book can do good for EVERYONE.
Excellent July 5, 2007
G. Easley (USA)
I was throughly pleased with this purchase. What I like the most is the research that went into explaining why you would have a phobia about math.
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