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A Gentle Introduction To Learning Calculus
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I have a love/hate relationship with calculus: it demonstrates the beauty of math and the agony of math education.
Calculus relates topics in an elegant, brain-bending manner. My closest analogy is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: once understood, you start seeing Nature in terms of survival. You understand why drugs lead to resistant germs (survival of the fittest). You know why sugar and fat taste sweet (encourage consumption of high-calorie foods in times of scarcity). math visuals,images,photos,math,mathematics,learn math visually,visuals for math,images for math,photos for math .
Calculus is similarly enlightening. Don’t these formulas seem related in some way?
Imagine teaching art like this: Kids, no fingerpainting in kindergarten. Instead, let’s study paint chemistry, the physics of light, and the anatomy of the eye. After 12 years of this, if the kids (now teenagers) don’t hate art already, they may begin to start coloring on their own. After all, they have the “rigorous, testable” fundamentals to start appreciating art. Right?
Poetry is similar. Imagine studying this quote (formula):
“This above all else: to thine own self be true, and it must follow."
Calculus relates topics in an elegant, brain-bending manner. My closest analogy is Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: once understood, you start seeing Nature in terms of survival. You understand why drugs lead to resistant germs (survival of the fittest). You know why sugar and fat taste sweet (encourage consumption of high-calorie foods in times of scarcity). math visuals,images,photos,math,mathematics,learn math visually,visuals for math,images for math,photos for math .
Calculus is similarly enlightening. Don’t these formulas seem related in some way?
Imagine teaching art like this: Kids, no fingerpainting in kindergarten. Instead, let’s study paint chemistry, the physics of light, and the anatomy of the eye. After 12 years of this, if the kids (now teenagers) don’t hate art already, they may begin to start coloring on their own. After all, they have the “rigorous, testable” fundamentals to start appreciating art. Right?
Poetry is similar. Imagine studying this quote (formula):
“This above all else: to thine own self be true, and it must follow."
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