Mathematician, approx. writer, pro learner, chief curiosity officer
magazines
Do you store your personal memories in boxes? If not, you should, but don't use them to understand history or science. Although there's nothing more than your version of them.
culture
Culture creates our entire worldview, as the background on which education and experience grow. Cultural nuances also induce biases, which go as far as influencing how we see geometry or numbers.
books
Mathematics is largely the history of mathematical problems, but it also has a story that avoids equations, formulas, or theorems.
math
Curiosity about the origin of a mathematical term spirals into a search that spans centuries. Or it ends with a joke. Either way, the journey could turn more memorable than the equations it was meant to explain.
meta
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