Ryan O'Dine
OD’ing on Damitol
Sure Ryan, you can post math hyperlinks, but seriously now, the best way to know if you personnaly caught what he taught is if you personnally can write and summarise mathematically or in numbers what he taught you. Then you can teach others and they can maybe teach others, and more knowledge is increased.
Me I like piecing together all areas of creation rather than just mathematics, I don;t want to lose the vision of the forest with to close an examination of a specific tree.
Hoping to hear from you and sorry I miseed your posting.
All the best
david
Wonderful! I’m glad you’re open to suggested reading. I’ll point you to books more than web pages, but many of these should be at your local library, if you’d rather not go Amazon.
The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics, by Edna Kramer
A seductive, engrossing book covering a wide range of math at a basic but nontrivial level. Unfortunately, it’s not even available at Amazon, but if you find it anywhere, by golly, get it! It’s my primary recommendation. (The chapters on Galois and Godel alone are worth the price.)
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas R. Hofstadter
A book about logic. Challenging and wonderful.
The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics, by Stanislas Dehaene
A fascinating book about the cognitive aspects of mathematical thinking.
The Man Who Knew Infinity, by Robert Kanigel
I read an excellent biography of Ramanujan a while ago, and I’m not sure if this is it, but it’s worth getting any biography of him you can find, preferably one which doesn’t shy away from the math.
A History of Pi, by Petr Beckmann
There are other numbers with fascinating properites. (Also on that Amazon page -- “Horny Goat Weed, 60 caps”. Don’t ask me.
That’s a quick list off the top of my head. If anyone else has suggestions, I’m sure Davidjayjordan would be well-served.
ETA: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Always good to add that.
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