I read Stevey’s Math Every Day post, and darn it all, I need to start brushing up on my math! It’s been ages since I studied it (five years, to be precise), and while a fair amount is still with me (like addition and subtraction ;)), it’d be nice to re-master everything I once knew. And then I’ll be able to start learning all the really cool stuff in math. Mmm.
Problem is, I’m not quite sure how to go about doing it. Pick up a textbook and work through the problems, one by one? Find some other kind of math book? Wikipedia? MathWorld? I don’t know. I’m not even exactly sure what order I should study things in. I do know that calculus was last, though. :)
I think I’m going to do what Stevey did — “math every day.” Ten minutes a day will be good for starters, and on days when I have the time, I’ll be able to do more. Mmm, I miss math.
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Yep, that post got me going on a math kick too. Isn’t he a great writer? Anyhow, I’m not sure where to start either. I’m asking around. Let me know if you get any good ideas.
I ordered Jan Gullberg’s Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers (one of the books Stevey ordered), so we’ll see how that goes. I also brought this question up on the message board of the Mathematics group on LibraryThing, and the one answer so far as recommended Calculus and Pizza.
And yes, Stevey’s awesome. :) I think I’m going to put together a list of must-read articles, including a lot of Paul Graham’s stuff and much of what Joel Spolsky included in his Best Software Writing book. (Incidentally, on Joel’s blog the other day he said he’s not going to compile a sequel, primarily because 50% of the nominations were for Stevey. :))
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