[HN Gopher] History of Mathematics - An Online Exhibit
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History of Mathematics - An Online Exhibit
Author : taubek
Score : 30 points
Date : 2022-01-24 09:57 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.sciencenews.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.sciencenews.org)
| taubek wrote:
| So many things that we take for granted today were revolutionary
| at one point.
| superlaza7 wrote:
| I like how intelligent people developed these complex ideas
| over decades and we expect teenagers to master them in a few
| months. To be fair, application is easier
| brudgers wrote:
| The exhibit, https://history-of-mathematics.org/
| dfdz wrote:
| > schoolwork survives, as do the student's errors (10 times 45,
| for example, is definitely not 270).
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| So a student makes an arithmetic error and they author concludes:
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| > [this] work is a reminder that no matter how elegant or
| infallible mathematics may seem, it's still a human endeavor.
|
| Seems a little dramatic, but cool article, thanks for sharing .
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