Ms. Riding Hood Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I'm a hater and thought this essay was fascinating. Not everyone wants to read a treatise on math, but this is worthwhile. Bonus: this mathematician is also a clever wordsmith. http://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 :sad: The link comes right back to this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf It still comes back to this thread. Could you post the full URL, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 It still comes back to this thread. Could you post the full URL, please? Don't know how. I am on my iPad, and apparently it automatically abbreviates links. But the link does go to the online PDF for me. Maybe there is a problem with the WTM server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Google "A Mathematician's Lament by Paul Lockhart PDF" and it comes right up in a search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 It still comes back to this thread. Could you post the full URL, please? the link works fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 It still comes back to this thread. Could you post the full URL, please? Link works for me too. Two old (2008) threads on this http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/13029-from-the-general-board-a-mathematicians-lament/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/12963-a-mathematicians-lament-have-you-read-it/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Riding Hood Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Link works for me too. Two old (2008) threads on this http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/13029-from-the-general-board-a-mathematicians-lament/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/12963-a-mathematicians-lament-have-you-read-it/ Thanks for the links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in SA Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I'm a hater and thought this essay was fascinating. Not everyone wants to read a treatise on math, but this is worthwhile. Bonus: this mathematician is also a clever wordsmith. http://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf As was Charles Dodgson... His famous book would not exist without his own love/hate relationship with the subject. :) "Imaginary numbers -- bah!" If you can't understand something, why not ridicule it? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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