Burn math class
Subtitle: and reinvent mathematics for yourself
By: Jason Wilkes
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780465053735
Subjects: Mathematics; Popular works
Description: The author focuses on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts and teaches the subject without requiring memorization or any mathematical knowledge beyond basic computation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Act I. Ex nihilo ; Interlude 1 : Dilating time ; The infinite power of the infinite magnifying glass ; Interlude 2 : How to get something from nothing ; As if summoned from the void ; Interlude 3 : A backward look to the future; title: Act II. On circles and giving up ; Interlude 4 : The nostalgia device ; Aesthetics and the immovable object ; Interlude 5 : Two clouds; title: Act III. Two in one ; Interlude 6 : Slaying sharp ; N New is old ; Interlude N : (Mis)interpreted (readings) (re)interpreted : [Aleph] : The infinite beauty of the infinite wilderness ; Chapterlude [omega] : In nihilo; title: Dictionary.