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Cornell professor driven to convey beauty of mathematics
- chris_wot 14y agoThis is very interesting. I've always struggled with Mathematics. Recently I got a Dover book on Trigonometry, and I finally understood what radians are! Now I know there are folks here who intuitively grasp mathematics - I see and sometimes envy their grasp of the material - but I'm finding that I'm enjoying understanding the most basic of mathematical concepts. There's something incredibly satisfying about it all.
- mathattack 14y agoGiven my screen name, one would suspect that I like this article. :-) Math should be a joy. I wish I had heard of this book sooner. I certainly added it to my wish list in Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/The-Joy-Guided-Tour-Infinity/dp/0547517653 http://www.amazon.com/The-Joy-Guided-Tour-Infinity/dp/054751...
- pcurve 14y agoOld video, but in case anyone wants to see metronomes syncing in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yysnkY4WHyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yysnkY4WHyM
- DanBC 14y agoI also like the video on this page: (http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16940&pageid=icb.page80863&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent341734&state=maximize&view=view.do&viewParam_name=indepth.html#a_icb_pagecontent341734 http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyw...) (http://youtu.be/yVkdfJ9PkRQ http://youtu.be/yVkdfJ9PkRQ)
- SparrowOS 14y agoI love diff eq. Metronomes are forcing function, but not immutable. Neat stuff. I was playing with something kinda like metronomes. :-)