A Divine Language : : Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of old age
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"Decades after struggling to understand math as a boy, Alec Wilkinson decides to embark on a journey to learn it as a middle-aged man. What begins as a personal challenge-and it's challenging-soon transforms into something greater than a belabored effort to learn math. Despite his incompetence, Wilkinson encounters a universe of unexpected mysteries in his pursuit of mathematical knowledge and quickly becomes fascinated; soon, his exercise in personal growth (and torture) morphs into an intellectually expansive exploration." -- inside front jacket flap.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.
Year Published: 2022
Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781250168573
1250168570
SUBJECTS
Wilkinson, Alec, -- 1952-
Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
Math anxiety.
Adult learning.
Older people -- Education.
Learning, Psychology of.