“All the little bits”

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    5 months ago

    I have finally discovered my niche content: math texts that are irreverent and also defiantly uncomplicated.

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      5 months ago

      Read “a mathematicians lament”, by Paul Lockhart. It was originally a short essay (25 pages you can find free online), but expanded into a book that I haven’t read yet.

      In a similar vein is Shape, by Jordan Ellenberg.

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        5 months ago

        I read a short paper called “Lockheart’s Lament”, but I didn’t realize he had expanded on it. I might have cried about that one. Thanks for the reccomendations!