[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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