Re:Punk Mathematics
by sz on Saturday August 21, 2010 @01:38AM
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It's a cool math textbook, yes.
What I love about it—his main point—is his conjecture that it's not a far step from the "challenge everything" mentality of the original punk movement to "challenge everything" mentality that the brightest kids engage math with. Just apply some rigorous thinking.
It's a different way to approach math, directed to an audience that typically doesn't do a whole lot of it.
What I love about it—his main point—is his conjecture that it's not a far step from the "challenge everything" mentality of the original punk movement to "challenge everything" mentality that the brightest kids engage math with. Just apply some rigorous thinking.
It's a different way to approach math, directed to an audience that typically doesn't do a whole lot of it.