Book description
A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists
Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension is a matter of genes. Yet the greatest mathematicians throughout history, from Rene…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Mathematica as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As a math professor, I feel pretty comfortable saying mathematics education in this country is awful. This book explores the way real mathematics learning happens—and the ideas work for any other pursuit. Far more woo-woo and fascinating than you might expect from the topic!
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