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Re:Five-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus (2014) by userbinator on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @05:45AM (#15173719)
There's also nothing stopping toys from being calculus-related either, although at the moment I can't think of any examples of such.
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Re:Five-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus (2014) by jonsen on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @05:54AM (#15173750)
A toy calculator? :p
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Re:Five-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus (2014) by pamqzl on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @06:31AM (#15173883)
Imagine a toy truck that, as you drive it back and forth, plots the first and second derivatives of its position with respect to time on a little screen on the side.

Hmm, that's not the worst idea...

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Re:Five-Year-Olds Can Learn Calculus (2014) by unboxed_type on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @10:50AM (#15184108)
Nice idea for a toy! But learning an internal machinery of that process isn't that fun if you are not inclined for that kind of activity.
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