Increasing Specialization: Why We Need to Make Mathematics More Accessible

Social Epistemology 35 (1):37-47 (2020)
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Mathematics is becoming increasingly specialized, divided into a vast and growing number of subfields. While this division of cognitive labor has important benefits, it also has a significant drawb...

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