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Hi all,
I was a student of Jacob Klein's, and I've been especially thinking about these matters for the last 5 or 6 years. Klein's book is deceptively difficult - it's one of those books that line by line seems to make sense, but then when you tr...
Summer 2009 Reading Group: Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra by J. Klein... and who knows what could be next...?
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- Tell about your involvement in education, and your ideals for collegial sharing
- I teach in the Experimental Study Group at MIT. My undergraduate work was at St. John's College in Maryland.
- About Me:
- I teach philosophy - mostly ancient philosophy.
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- At 11:18pm on May 27, 2009,
Ian Carmichael said…
- G'day Lee,
Welcome to fireside. Hope you find it a warm and useful spot, and that we share some words on Klein (and other topics)
- At 10:34pm on May 27, 2009,
Laura Gibbs said…
- Hi Lee, welcome to the Fireside! I've set up a space for the Klein discussion group here:
http://firesidelearning.ning.com/group/historyofmath
I'm a big fan of Ning - I started using one for my online courses at Univ. of Oklahoma this year, and the students are very keen on it! :-)
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