Stephen Strogatz has been writing a long series of columns at the NY Times in which he teaches the basics of math, from addition on up. The latest explains how finding the area of a circle led Archimedes very close to the discovery of calculus. It's very clear, and anyone who never took calculus but is curious what it is all about might find it interesting.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Limits
Stephen Strogatz has been writing a long series of columns at the NY Times in which he teaches the basics of math, from addition on up. The latest explains how finding the area of a circle led Archimedes very close to the discovery of calculus. It's very clear, and anyone who never took calculus but is curious what it is all about might find it interesting.
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