Scott Aaronson writes about A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul [Lockhart].
The Lockhart piece is great and deserves to be much better known. The only bad thing about it is that it pisses the reader off.
Thanks for the link to Aaronson’s commentary; I hadn’t seen it.
The only bad thing about it is that it pisses the reader off.
It does? I thought it was more heartbreakingly tragic than anything else.
The Lockhart piece is great and deserves to be much better known. The only bad thing about it is that it pisses the reader off.
Thanks for the link to Aaronson’s commentary; I hadn’t seen it.
It does? I thought it was more heartbreakingly tragic than anything else.