Burn math class
and reinvent mathematics for yourself
Book - 2016
The author focuses on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts and teaches the subject without requiring memorization or any mathematical knowledge beyond basic computation.
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New York :
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
2016
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| 520 | |a The author focuses on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts and teaches the subject without requiring memorization or any mathematical knowledge beyond basic computation. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Act I. Ex nihilo ; Interlude 1: Dilating time ; The infinite power of the infinite magnifying glass ; Interlude 2: How to get something from nothing ; As if summoned from the void ; Interlude 3: A backward look to the future -- Act II. On circles and giving up ; Interlude 4 ; The nostalgia device ; Aesthetics and the immovable object ; Interlude 5: Two clouds -- Act III. Two in one ; Interlude 6: Staying sharp ; New is old ; Interlude N: (Mis)interpreted (readings) (re)interpreted ; The infinite beauty of the infinite wilderness ; Chapterlude [omega]: In nihilo -- Dictionary. | |
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