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    Paul Lockhart quote. It is the story that matters not just the ending

    It is the story that matters not just the ending

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    Paul Lockhart quote. No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a

    No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a "mixed number " while 5/2 is an "improper fraction." They're EQUAL for crying out loud. They are the exact same numbers and have the exact same properties. Who uses such words outside of fourth grade?

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    Paul Lockhart quote. Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations

    Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations

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    Paul Lockhart quote. The thing I want you especially to understand is this feeling of divine revelation. I feel that this structure was

    The thing I want you especially to understand is this feeling of divine revelation. I feel that this structure was "out there" all along I just couldn't see it. And now I can! This is really what keeps me in the math game-- the chance that I might glimpse some kind of secret underlying truth, some sort of message from the gods

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    Paul Lockhart quote. Mathematics is the music of reason. To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion—not because it makes no sense to you, but because you gave it sense and you still don't understand what your creation is up to; to have a break-through idea; to be frustrated as an artist; to be awed and overwhelmed by an almost painful beauty; to be alive, damn it

    Mathematics is the music of reason. To do mathematics is to engage in an act of discovery and conjecture, intuition and inspiration; to be in a state of confusion—not because it makes no sense to you, but because you gave it sense and you still don't understand what your creation is up to; to have a break-through idea; to be frustrated as an artist; to be awed and overwhelmed by an almost painful beauty; to be alive, damn it

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