Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 10,752 Location: Turkey
29 Jul 2010, 1:03 pm
I've bought some graduate level math texts that I'd like to work through. I haven't had the motivation to really get into math lately though. It can be a fun hobby for me but it takes a lot of concentration and effort.
Most people don't seem to understand that math can be like art and a proof can be a thing of beauty. Most people just see it as a bunch of incomprehensible symbolic gobble-dee-gook whose sole purpose for existing is to serve as an instrument of torture.
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Age: 69 Gender: Female Posts: 6,313 Location: The Castle of Shock and Awe-tism
29 Jul 2010, 3:49 pm
Text(book) message topic
Sadly, textbooks are being phased out in many courses, especiallly in high schools.
I love texts, expecially a good math text that explains everything step by step. My two youngest used my old math and science texts to understand some sections of their courses--they are often easier to understand than on-line explanations.