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This article kicks tremendous ass; here's another awesome man to the list. Articles like these are actually useful to most people, compared to, say, the tales o
by whacked_new 19y ago
This article kicks tremendous ass; here's another awesome man to the list. Articles like these are actually useful to most people, compared to, say, the tales of Feynman, which, while also amazing and kickass, read more like fantasy than inspiration.
- yters 19y agoYes, that was a great article. I would like to know what changed in the author's mind. Did he just get good at particular math problems through repeatedly doing them, or did he gain a general math aptitude? Given his performance later in life it seems like he gained the latter. I became interested in math in a similar manner, and I think learning it this way gave me an edge over those who were just force fed it in school. There is nothing like understanding the practical significance of a subject to make it stick in my mind and give me intuitive links. This aspect of learning seems to be really lacking in public school, at least the ones I've attended.
- foonamefoo 19y agoHis performance helping a grade school kid with his population project? I kid, I kid.
- yters 19y agoI'm referring to the flight school aptitude test, his success in engineering school, and achieving a BA in physics. That's quite a jump for a guy who couldn't do high school algebra.
- foonamefoo 19y agoThat's where the kidding part came in.