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| Product Name | The Great Courses: The Joy of Thinking - The Beauty and Power of Classical Mathematical Ideas (Parts 1 & 2) [4 DVDs] |
| Category | Home |
| Amazon.com |  Buy on Amazon ~ B00KTMXYBG |
| Price New | 39.00 US Dollars (curriencies) |
| Price Used | 29.83 US Dollars (curriencies) |
| Cast | Professor Edward B. Burger, Professor Michael Starbird |
| Weight | 100 hundredths pounds (convert) |
| Binding | Dvd |
| Format | Color |
| Published | 05/03/2018 |
| Long Description | Part 1 & 2, 4 DVDs. 24 lectures/30 minutes per lecture. The world of mathematics contains some of the greatest ideas of humankind - ideas comparable to the works of Shakespeare, Plato, and Michelangelo. These mathematical ideas can add texture, beauty, and wonder to your life. Most importantly, you don't have to be a mathematician to have access to this world. The Joy of Thinking is a course about fun, aesthetics, and mystery - about great mathematical ideas that arise from puzzles, observations of everyday life, and habits of curiosity and effective thinking. It is as much about learning to think abstractly as it is about what we traditionally think of as mathematics. You explore the fourth dimension, coincidences, fractals, the allure of number, and geometry, and bring these weighty notions back down to earth to see how they apply to your own life. Rather than focusing on adding figures or creating equations (in fact, there are fewer numbers than you might expect), this course enables you to uncover and grasp insightful strategies for approaching, enjoying, and understanding the world around you. This is probably not like the mathematics you had at school. Some people might not even want to call it math, but you experience a way of thinking that opens doors, opens minds, and leaves you smiling while pondering some of the greatest concepts ever conceived. One of the great features about mathematics is that it has an endless frontier. The farther you travel, the more you see over the emerging horizon. The more you discover, the more you understand what you've already seen, and the more you see ahead. Deep ideas truly are within the reach of us all. How many more ideas are there for you to explore and enjoy? Well, how long is your life? |
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