Burn math class : and reinvent mathematics for yourself /
Wilkes, Jason,
Burn math class : and reinvent mathematics for yourself / Jason Wilkes. - 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 : Slaying sharp ; N New is old ; Interlude N : (Mis)interpreted (readings) (re)interpreted : [Aleph] : The infinite beauty of the infinite wilderness ; Chapterlude [omega] : In nihilo -- Dictionary.
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.
9780465053735 0465053734
2015956108
Mathematics--Popular works.
Burn math class : and reinvent mathematics for yourself / Jason Wilkes. - 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 : Slaying sharp ; N New is old ; Interlude N : (Mis)interpreted (readings) (re)interpreted : [Aleph] : The infinite beauty of the infinite wilderness ; Chapterlude [omega] : In nihilo -- Dictionary.
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.
9780465053735 0465053734
2015956108
Mathematics--Popular works.