Comments on: Learning Tip: Fix the Limiting Factor

By: Trihorus

Trihorus — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:22:32 +0000

Hey!
I do love physics a lot because I keep having my ‘Aha!’ moments. I crave understanding and it really pushes me ahead but when it came to mathematics, I was always a dud. I’m about to begin my bachelors in physics and had to rev up my mathematics and I just happened to find what I needed—your site! Now I’m having these mathematical Aha! moments with every post of yours and I’m naturally reading all of your posts and feel like pulling my sleeves up to do some math. Thanks a lot! My words can’t really describe or convey the excitement that’s coming off by rediscovering those mathematical “Aha!’ moments. Keep up the good work!

By: Rob V

Rob V — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:18:21 +0000

great piece, yet maybe i’m missing something out the roman numeral problem, didn’t they already have their number system ordered by tens ( X )? In fact they may have been closer to a gentle geometric language of mnemonics I for 1, II for 2, III for 3, then like the chinese, the realisation they needed to develop sophistication to represent higher values.

In the arabic 3 x 8 bears nothing visually resembling the amplification of those curves about a waistline to what we know as a squiggle next to a scramble as 24.

In a parallel universe they’re probably blogging about “those uncouth viking-bloods of yore and their unrelated incomprehensible glyphs..”

In the end, we’re both in the marketplace of practicality, snapping up that unbeatable deal of seed, and arriving at our struck total based on our three donkeys carrying eight each as a maximum.

as said, great post, and enjoyably so!

By: Kasper

Kasper — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:15:15 +0000

I really like your approach to explaining concepts. I think you did a great job in your calculus course where you described it as starting with a blurry picture and slowly increasing the resolution instead of going through the picture line by line.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 27 May 2016 05:18:49 +0000

In reply to Jules Manson. Yes, I think Kalid seems to understand how human beings minds work alot better that some of the maths teachers I've come across. He seems to understand that we are visual creatures firstly, that's how our subconscious responds to information and maybe we find it easier to assimilate and digest information ( mathematical concepts ) this way. I have found your calculus book very informative. My brain couldn't make the leap from what pi actually was, to seeing its divisions used in graphs. The circle diagrams were the missing link! Thanks alot for these wonderful newsletters!