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

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