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  • Education - History and Philosophy of Mathematics

    Goodbye Euclid!

    August 15, 2011 - By ckr

    This talk announced below was to have been webcast live. Update: The videos were long ago taken down by USM, and my versions do not work any more. The videos are now posted at Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEK1FCrLHjU Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFf5co3G3R8 Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zomZU949Cnw Anyway, the video is now online at…

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  • Education - History and Philosophy of Mathematics - Science and Society

    Math made easy

    August 7, 2011 - By ckr

    Why is math difficult? The new answer is: because post-Crusade Christian theology got mixed with it. So, the way to make math easy is to eliminate the theology in it. Here is an article on it, for the layperson, from The New Strait Times, 24 July 2011 (click an image…

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