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Lingefjärd, Thomas; Hatami, Russell – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
This is an article about abstraction, generalization, and the beauty of mathematics. We claim that abstraction and generalization in of itself may very well be a beauty of the human mind. The fact that we humans continue to explore and expand mathematics is truly beautiful and remarkable. Many years ago, our ancestors understood that seven stones,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aesthetics, Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts

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