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Re: Do We Learn All the Math We Need For Ordinary Life Before 5th
Grade?
Posted:
Jan 15, 2013 10:23 AM
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Dave L. Renfro wrote (in part):
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=8067932
> the fact that Hans thought to recommend Courant's book to her (given
> her situation) strikes me as really naive and out-of-touch. I'd like to
> say I'm stunned to find that a Ph.D. in physics would think Courant's
> book was appropriate for her, but unfortunately I'm not.
It occurs to me that it's easy to make a hit-and-run criticism like
this, and a bit difficult to offer an appropriate alternative. To this
end, I think the following books would have worked better for her:
Silvanus Phillips Thompson, "Calculus Made Easy", 2nd edition, 1914.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33283/33283-pdf.pdf
David Berlinski, "A Tour of the Calculus", 1997.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679747885
Dave L. Renfro
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