tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post802975634590370311..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Mathematical MemoriesDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-28348661415247124102011-05-27T01:30:34.062-07:002011-05-27T01:30:34.062-07:00Same here, Karen. I didn't have a clue what mo...Same here, Karen. I didn't have a clue what most of the mathematics I learned could be useful for until I started taking physics. I don't know why that is - many of the teachers I had were at least interested in the subject. I think it just takes having to actually work with something to see its utility.<br /><br />Heck, Isaac Newton was supposed to have developed integral calculus on his own to help him work out principles of physics.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-80282367135065425592011-05-26T17:46:39.581-07:002011-05-26T17:46:39.581-07:00I struggled mightily with first year calculus in c...I struggled mightily with first year calculus in college; failed the first exam in the fall quarter, and had to spend time in the Student Services Center listening to "math-anxiety" tapes to get myself un-freaked. Squeaked by that quarter. Then, in the winter quarter, I took physics. Suddenly calculus started to make sense! It was a way of expressing relationships between concepts like mass, energy, motion... Solving the problems was still hard, but they had meaningful answers, and you could tell if the answers were making sense. That was when I really started to <b>learn</b> calculus.Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-51445779682643534492011-05-26T17:12:39.556-07:002011-05-26T17:12:39.556-07:00It is interesting that Feynman in his lectures in ...It is interesting that Feynman in his lectures in physics shows a love of the subject as well and it shows in how he is able to explain things. So your comments apply at all levels, if a teacher really loves and gets his subject she does a better job.Lylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-81620833596212350062011-05-26T11:50:23.149-07:002011-05-26T11:50:23.149-07:00Dana,
see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F20xAoJC...Dana, <br />see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F20xAoJCHy0&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />StuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com