Eh. I have found that the Wikipedia math pages are not approachable for someone that does not already have a very strong background in math. There is definitely

Eh. I have found that the Wikipedia math pages are not approachable for someone that does not already have a very strong background in math. There is definitely a place for blogs etc. that can present the information in a more palatable manner to non-mathematicians. I also thought this was actually a nice way to think about derivatives. "To visualize derivatives, we can draw a right triangle whose hypoteneuse is tangent to a function. If the triangle's width is , then its height is the derivative." I think if it had been explained this way to me when I was first starting to learn about derivatives a million years ago, I would have grasped it more quickly. But, I definitely agree that this is way too short for the stated purpose.