Meaning of cookbookery | Babel Free

Definitions

The application of (especially mathematical) techniques learned by rote, without proper understanding or consideration.

derogatory, uncountable

Examples

“In this degenerate laboratory work, in this cookbookery of a ritual of recipes, the aim is not to do an honest experiment but to get the "right" answer.”

“Most of the New Math is just what the Old Math was — cookbookery. The difference is that the cookbooks are newer, more up to date — which may be a good thing, if cookbookery is what you want.”

“The problem of cookbookery is not peculiar to data analysis. But the solution of concentrating upon mathematics and proof is.”

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