Something changed when I turned twelve: I stopped being able to understand math concepts in a natural way that didn’t require extra cognitive exertion. It seemed as if overnight, my ability to ...
Before I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I knew what I didn't want to do — math. Ever since that day in the fourth grade when my math teacher assigned us times tables for homework and I ...
I hated math as a child, so my parents bought me a computer game to help me enjoy math. It was called Super Solvers: Outnumbered! This game took me from hating math to fearing math. It is sadly the ...
I have written about mathematics for The New Yorker and, lately, also in my book “A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age,” and I thought that I had said ...