The Disillusionment Of Math
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 01:40
in Mathematics & Economics
The Early YearsWhen I was in elementary school, a consultant who offered optional advanced studies taught a small group of us some basic algebra. This was amazing to me at the time--solving for the mysterious x!The next amazing mathematical concept I learned of was imaginary numbers. Just like pornography, I learned about it long before I was supposed to. read more