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Most calculus books in India never have any information on the history of calculus. I remember being taught limits, differentials, etc purely as mathematical s
by kumarvvr 5y ago
Most calculus books in India never have any information on the history of calculus.
I remember being taught limits, differentials, etc purely as mathematical structures.
No context what-so-ever.
In engineer, I read a book called "Advanced Engineering Mathematics" by Erwin Kreyszig. This was a wonderful book that also had some footnote references to calculus books.
It was pulling on that thread and reading quite a bit of history and other good books (MIT Books) that I got a hand of the inside out of calculus.
How I passed Calculus exams in High school, only god knows.
I am an engineer now and will be ever grateful to the likes of George B Thomas, James Stewart, N Piskunov for teaching me calculus and making me wonder why such a beautiful concept was twisted and mangled by official curriculum books in India.
- peanutz454 5y agoLearning in India is a misnomer. You don't learn, you cram up. I had an economics teacher who explained the concepts of economics, then she went on pregnancy leave. The replacement teacher came to the class everyday and literally dictated the stuff that we were supposed to note down. Exam time - kids got better marks with the new teacher. Guess who got to brag about being a good teacher.
- jacksonkmarley 5y agoKreyszig had the highest thickness-to-width ratio of any of my textbooks. Carrying it around campus was totally impractical.