Masterclass on mathematical thinking

Re:Masterclass on mathematical thinking by ConnorCallahan on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:02PM (#30109433)

I just watched the first 8 out of 12 episodes and I was disappointed. There were certainly a couple good nuggets but I'm afraid that Masterclass puts too much emphasis on making things simple such that he spends most of the time talking about really simple ideas.

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Re:Masterclass on mathematical thinking by maroonblazer on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:35PM (#30109676)

Have you seen the EdX course Effective Thinking Through Mathematics (free) [0]? I really enjoyed it and found the principles really do transfer beyond the domain of math, as the title suggests.

The production values are nowhere near what you get with Masterclass (thus, why it's free) but the content can't be beat.

[0]https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:UTAustinX+UT.9.10x...

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Re:Masterclass on mathematical thinking by mohanmca on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:31AM (#30110982)

Thanks! I like the book "5 Effective Thinking Book", will give a try!

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Re:Masterclass on mathematical thinking by calf on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:10PM (#30109488)

Is there anything there that you wouldn't learn in the process of college-level STEM classes?

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Re:Masterclass on mathematical thinking by pas on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:39AM (#30113412)

Tao said that they assumed no math knowledge, not even high school math. So .. um, absolutely no. It's probably a nice story/narrative involving a famous mathematician.

It's probably a nice watch, but not for the math value :)

Basically the math equivalent of all those quantum-blackhole-stringtheory videos from the last ~20 years.

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Re:Masterclass on mathematical thinking by Victerius on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:19PM (#30109548)

Is Masterclass any different from TED?

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