Do I need to know history of Math?

mathematics he is teaching? Or about the use of mathema- tics, about how it is applied (and by that I do not mean a study of so-called Applied Mathematics)?. I just ask because if I did not, other people would wonder. - and rightly so - why roam the remote expanses of history as long as problems near at hand have not been. read more

No it is not a necessity. In order to be good at math, you need to understand definitions, be logical, and be patient in learning it. Most of my classmates / fellow math majors do not know much about the history of math, and they are pretty good at math. read more

In my personal opinion, as a society, we can't do without mathematics. Mathematics is in our culture. It's a vehicle of progress of all other sciences. On an individual level, a small percentage of professions require mathematical knowledge of various degree. Consumer mathematics, however useful, is a misnamed term for numeracy. read more