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Cornell professor driven to convey beauty of mathematics (theithacajournal.com)
14 points by tokenadult on Jan 19, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



Old video, but in case anyone wants to see metronomes syncing in action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yysnkY4WHyM



This is very interesting. I've always struggled with Mathematics. Recently I got a Dover book on Trigonometry, and I finally understood what radians are!

Now I know there are folks here who intuitively grasp mathematics - I see and sometimes envy their grasp of the material - but I'm finding that I'm enjoying understanding the most basic of mathematical concepts. There's something incredibly satisfying about it all.


Given my screen name, one would suspect that I like this article. :-)

Math should be a joy. I wish I had heard of this book sooner. I certainly added it to my wish list in Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/The-Joy-Guided-Tour-Infinity/dp/054751...




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