There's nothing wrong with presenting existing knowledge in the most organized, clear, and accessible way. Historical context is useful, but I don't think we ne

There's nothing wrong with presenting existing knowledge in the most organized, clear, and accessible way. Historical context is useful, but I don't think we need to spend a lot of time explaining the initial confusions. When you try to discover new mathematics, it's always messy. But if you want to learn about discovering new mathematics, you should just try to do a research project, instead of trying to learn already known stuff pretending you are discovering it for the first time.