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Historical interest is fine, but if you just want to learn math I wouldn’t bother.
by monochromatic 8y ago
Historical interest is fine, but if you just want to learn math I wouldn’t bother.
- synthmeat 8y agoYou say this, but I personally tried many approaches to math, and historical approach is the only one that seems to keep my attention. It feels much more like an adventure in time, space and mind like this. Currently looking forward to Liber Abaci sometime in 2019. It definitely is a roundabout and non-pragmatic way, I agree, but I find it rewarding enough to keep me going. Unrelated, I think children's math education could benefit a lot from this kind of approach.
- bmer 8y agoThere are quite a few books that take this approach actually. One of my favourites: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781441960528 https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781441960528
- bmer 8y agoWhat makes you so sure? Euler's approach to problem solving is legendary for still being good pedagogical material today: http://eulerarchive.maa.org/hedi/index.html http://eulerarchive.maa.org/hedi/index.html