Steven Strogatz is a professor at Cornell who applies math to literally everything in life. His field is applied mathematics and his goal is to help everyone he can see how math is part of every day life. He writes books and performs lectures geared to getting people comfortable mathematically.
Visiting professor discusses benefits of learning to apply math to everyday life #dyscalculia
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This professor gets into the mind of those intimidated by math.
He has a lecture series called “Doing Math In Public” which is based on some of the articles and books that he has written. In this series he strives to get into the mind of someone who is intimidated by math. He believes that by understanding that intimidation he can turn it into joy at accomplishing everyday mathematic tasks.
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“Could I write something, not to teach people how to do algebra, but to show them why algebra is worth knowing in the first place.”
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Steven Strogatz spoke about the aid of daily uses of math.
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He is a lecturing math professor at Cornell University.
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He tries to use math to instill a sense of wonder in his readers and listeners.
