Dick
Tahta was born in Manchester, of parents who had survived
the events of 1915 in Turkey.. As a second-generation immigrant, he
was interested in the nature of identity
Using Atom Egoyan’s film, Arara,
as a launching pad, Tahta offers some fascinating interpretations of Armenian
history, religion, language and literature. His digressions into youthful memories,
family history and his own travels through Eastern Anatolia, give this book a
warm and personal feel.
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Ararat Associations
Dick
Tahta
£13.95, $19.95
Paperback
ISBN 1900355507
AMAZON>>> |
Named
by the theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, as the teacher
who had most inspired him, Dick Tahta was one of the outstanding
mathematics educators of his generation. Lecturing at Exeter
University, he was a leading member of the Association
of Teachers of Mathematics and part of the ATM collective
that wrote the influential books Some Lessons in Mathematics,
Notes on Mathematics in Primary Schools and Mathematical
Reflections. He founded and edited the ATM journal Recognitions,
and was co-editor of another ATM publication, Mathematics
Teaching.
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