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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2021 · 16 MIN

The Joy of Mathematical Discovery

from The Art of Mathematics · host Carol Jacoby

Joseph Bennish, math professor at California State University, Long Beach, discusses how math is an exploration involving imagination and excitement. Kids get this. Adults can recapture this by generalizing and questioning. For example, a simple barnyard riddle leads to questions about optics.

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