“All the little bits”

  • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Read “a mathematicians lament”, by Paul Lockhart. It was originally a short essay (25 pages you can find free online), but expanded into a book that I haven’t read yet.

    In a similar vein is Shape, by Jordan Ellenberg.

    • Solace_Firebird@mander.xyz
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      6 months ago

      I read a short paper called “Lockheart’s Lament”, but I didn’t realize he had expanded on it. I might have cried about that one. Thanks for the reccomendations!