some concepts developed in mathematics in the last hundred years or so is not that this is bad mathematics, but that it minimizes the importance of physics. It might appear so, as Kline recalls E. H. Moore’s recommendation to combine science and mathematics at the high school level. But closer reading shows Kline calling mathematics a "part of man’s efforts to understand and master his world", and he sees that role in a broad spectrum of sciences. Critique of mathematics research In Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (ch. XIII: "The Isolation of Mathematics"), Kline deplored the way mathematics research was being conducted, complaining that often mathematicians, not willing to become acquainted with the (sometimes deep) context needed to solve applied problems in sciences, prefer to invent pure mathematics problems that are not necessarily of any consequence. Kline also blamed the publish or perish academic culture for this state of affairs. Publications Books Introduction to Mathematics (with Irvin W. Kay), Houghton Mifflin, 1937 The Theory of Electromagnetic Waves (ed), Inter-science Publishers, 1951 Mathematics in Western Culture, Oxford University Press,1953 Mathematics and the Physical World, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1959 Mathematics, A Cultural Approach, Addison-Wesley, 1962 Mathematics for the Nonmathematician, Dover Publications, 1967 Electromagnetic Theory and Geometrical Optics (with Irvin W. Kay), John Wiley and Sons, 1965 Calculus, An intuitive and Physical Approach, John Wiley and Sons, 1967, 1977, Dover Publications 1998 reprint Mathematics for Liberal Arts, Addison-Wesley, 1967, (republished as Mathematics for the Nonmathematician, Dover Publications, Inc., 1985) () Mathematics in the Modern World (ed), W. H. Freeman and Co., 1968 Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 1972 Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Mathematics, St. Martin's Press, 1973 Why the Professor Can't Teach: Mathematics and the Dilemma of University Education, St. Martin's Press, 1977 () Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty, Oxford University Press, 1980 (); OUP Galaxy Books pb. reprint () Mathematics: An Introduction to Its Spirit and Use; readings from Scientific American Mathematics in the Modern World; readings from Scientific American The Language of Shapes (with Abraham Wolf Crown) Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge, Oxford University Press, 1985 () References Citations Sources External links A website having links to two of his books Why Johnny Can't Add? and Why The Professor Can't Teach, a lecture titled Pea Soup, Tripe and Mathematics, and an obituary. A wide-ranging 2016 interview: Morris Kline, a