Comment on Calculus made easy

Solace_Firebird@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Read “a mathematicians lament”, by Paul Lockhart. It was originally a short essay (25 pages you can find free online), but expanded into a book that I haven’t read yet.

  In a similar vein is Shape, by Jordan Ellenberg.

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  • Solace_Firebird@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I read a short paper called “Lockheart’s Lament”, but I didn’t realize he had expanded on it. I might have cried about that one. Thanks for the reccomendations!

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• stelelor@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thank you for this beautiful example of using “defiantly” correctly!

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  • rpr@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He defiantly used it properly, definitely.

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• wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Math is never irrelevant

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  • new_guy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Irreverent not irrelevant

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    • Sotuanduso@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What’s this about the ears on an elephant?

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    • Solace_Firebird@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A little confused, but they’ve got the spirit.

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