Jason Wilkes - Burn Math Class : And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself book DJV, MOBI, FB2
9780465073818 English 0465073816 Forget everything you've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class , Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to mathematics education--with its unwelcoming textbooks, unexplained rules, and authoritarian assertions--and sets it on fire. Focusing on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts, Wilkes teaches the subject in a way that requires no memorization and no prior knowledge beyond addition and multiplication. From these simple foundations, Burn Math Class shows how mathematics can be (re)invented from scratch without preexisting textbooks and courses. We can discover math on our own through experimentation and failure, without appealing to any outside authority. When math is created free from arcane notations and pretentious jargon that hide the simplicity of mathematical concepts, it can be understood organically--and it becomes fun! Following this unconventional approach, Burn Math Class leads the reader from the basics of elementary arithmetic to various "advanced" topics, such as time-dilation in special relativity, Taylor series, and calculus in infinite-dimensional spaces. Along the way, Wilkes argues that orthodox mathematics education has been teaching the subject backward: calculus belongs before many of its so-called prerequisites, and those prerequisites cannot be fully understood without calculus. Like the smartest, craziest teacher you've ever had, Wilkes guides you on an adventure in mathematical creation that will radically change the way you think about math. Revealing the beauty and simplicity of this timeless subject, Burn Math Class turns everything that seems difficult about mathematics upside down and sideways until you understand just how easy math can be., Jason Wilkes wants to revolutionize the study of mathematics. For too long, we have been teaching and learning math backwards, making it seem much more difficult and boring that it really is. In Burn Math Class , he urges us to forget everything we know about math and instead relearn it by inventing key concepts for ourselves. Using a strategy that draws on psychology and artificial intelligence, Wilkes teaches math in a way that requires no memorization and few abstractions. In Wilkes's hands, a broad range of once-difficult topics--such as time-dilation in special relativity, Taylor series, multivariable calculus, and calculus in infinite-dimensional spaces--that usually sink under the weight of students' frustration instead attain their full splendor, rising like the fabled phoenix from the ashes of how mathematics is "supposed to be" taught. With a lively tone and clear, concrete examples, Wilkes yanks math out of the ivory tower and drops it into a late-night debate among friends. Burn Math Class helps us to turn everything that seems difficult about mathematics upside down or sideways until we understand just how easy--and fun--math can be., Let's forget everything we've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class , Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to mathematics education--with its legalistic textbooks, unexplained rules, and authoritarian assertions--and sets it on fire. Focusing on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts, Wilkes teaches the subject in a way that requires no memorization and no prior knowledge beyond addition and multiplication. From these simple foundations, Burn Math Class shows how mathematics can be (re)invented from scratch, in a hypothetical world without preexisting textbooks and courses. We can discover math on our own through experimentation and failure, without appealing to any outside authority. When math is created free from arcane notations and pretentious jargon that hide the simplicity of mathematical concepts, it can be understood organically--and it becomes fun! Following this unconventional approach, Burn Math Class leads the reader from the basics of elementary arithmetic to various "advanced" topics, such as time-dilation in special relativity, Taylor series, and calculus in infinite-dimensional spaces. Along the way, Wilkes argues that orthodox mathematics education has been teaching the subject backward: calculus belongs before many of its so-called prerequisites, and those prerequisites cannot be fully understood without calculus. Like the smartest, craziest teacher you've ever had, Wilkes guides you on an adventure in mathematical creation that will radically change the way you think about math. Revealing the beauty and simplicity of this timeless subject, Burn Math Class turns everything that seems difficult about mathematics upside down and sideways until you understand just how easy math can be.
9780465073818 English 0465073816 Forget everything you've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class , Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to mathematics education--with its unwelcoming textbooks, unexplained rules, and authoritarian assertions--and sets it on fire. Focusing on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts, Wilkes teaches the subject in a way that requires no memorization and no prior knowledge beyond addition and multiplication. From these simple foundations, Burn Math Class shows how mathematics can be (re)invented from scratch without preexisting textbooks and courses. We can discover math on our own through experimentation and failure, without appealing to any outside authority. When math is created free from arcane notations and pretentious jargon that hide the simplicity of mathematical concepts, it can be understood organically--and it becomes fun! Following this unconventional approach, Burn Math Class leads the reader from the basics of elementary arithmetic to various "advanced" topics, such as time-dilation in special relativity, Taylor series, and calculus in infinite-dimensional spaces. Along the way, Wilkes argues that orthodox mathematics education has been teaching the subject backward: calculus belongs before many of its so-called prerequisites, and those prerequisites cannot be fully understood without calculus. Like the smartest, craziest teacher you've ever had, Wilkes guides you on an adventure in mathematical creation that will radically change the way you think about math. Revealing the beauty and simplicity of this timeless subject, Burn Math Class turns everything that seems difficult about mathematics upside down and sideways until you understand just how easy math can be., Jason Wilkes wants to revolutionize the study of mathematics. For too long, we have been teaching and learning math backwards, making it seem much more difficult and boring that it really is. In Burn Math Class , he urges us to forget everything we know about math and instead relearn it by inventing key concepts for ourselves. Using a strategy that draws on psychology and artificial intelligence, Wilkes teaches math in a way that requires no memorization and few abstractions. In Wilkes's hands, a broad range of once-difficult topics--such as time-dilation in special relativity, Taylor series, multivariable calculus, and calculus in infinite-dimensional spaces--that usually sink under the weight of students' frustration instead attain their full splendor, rising like the fabled phoenix from the ashes of how mathematics is "supposed to be" taught. With a lively tone and clear, concrete examples, Wilkes yanks math out of the ivory tower and drops it into a late-night debate among friends. Burn Math Class helps us to turn everything that seems difficult about mathematics upside down or sideways until we understand just how easy--and fun--math can be., Let's forget everything we've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class , Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to mathematics education--with its legalistic textbooks, unexplained rules, and authoritarian assertions--and sets it on fire. Focusing on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts, Wilkes teaches the subject in a way that requires no memorization and no prior knowledge beyond addition and multiplication. From these simple foundations, Burn Math Class shows how mathematics can be (re)invented from scratch, in a hypothetical world without preexisting textbooks and courses. We can discover math on our own through experimentation and failure, without appealing to any outside authority. When math is created free from arcane notations and pretentious jargon that hide the simplicity of mathematical concepts, it can be understood organically--and it becomes fun! Following this unconventional approach, Burn Math Class leads the reader from the basics of elementary arithmetic to various "advanced" topics, such as time-dilation in special relativity, Taylor series, and calculus in infinite-dimensional spaces. Along the way, Wilkes argues that orthodox mathematics education has been teaching the subject backward: calculus belongs before many of its so-called prerequisites, and those prerequisites cannot be fully understood without calculus. Like the smartest, craziest teacher you've ever had, Wilkes guides you on an adventure in mathematical creation that will radically change the way you think about math. Revealing the beauty and simplicity of this timeless subject, Burn Math Class turns everything that seems difficult about mathematics upside down and sideways until you understand just how easy math can be.