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Learning Calculus: Overcoming Our Artificial Need for Precision

Posted 08.21.2008, under Math

Accepting that numbers can do strange, new things is one of the toughest parts of math:

  • There’s numbers between the numbers we count with? (Yes — decimals)
  • There’s a number for nothing at all? (Sure — zero)
  • The number line is two dimensional? (You bet — imaginary numbers)

Calculus is a beautiful subject, but challenges some long-held assumptions:


Intuitive Guide to Angles, Degrees and Radians

Posted 07.09.2008, under Math

Prehistoric Calculus: Discovering Pi

Posted 05.29.2008, under Calculus, Math

A Gentle Introduction To Learning Calculus

Posted 05.02.2008, under Calculus, Guides, Math

How To Analyze Data Using the Average

Posted 03.14.2008, under Math

How To Understand Combinations Using Multiplication

Posted 02.25.2008, under Math

Rescaling the Pythagorean Theorem

Posted 02.16.2008, under Math

How to Develop a Sense of Scale

Posted 01.30.2008, under Guides, Math

A Visual Guide to Simple, Compound and Continuous Interest Rates

Posted 01.14.2008, under Guides, Math, Business

Intuitive Arithmetic With Complex Numbers

Posted 01.02.2008, under Math

A Visual, Intuitive Guide to Imaginary Numbers

Posted 12.21.2007, under Guides, Math

Rethinking Arithmetic: A Visual Guide

Posted 12.13.2007, under Guides, Math

A Quirky Introduction To Number Systems

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How to Develop a Mindset for Math

Posted 11.26.2007, under Guides, Math

How To Measure Any Distance With The Pythagorean Theorem

Posted 11.05.2007, under Math

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