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post

Author
Jonathan Bartlett

Date
August 21, 2019

Categorized
Education, Mathematics

Tagged
calculus, expertise}

Mathematics Gives Us Life Skills and Mental Tools

_{Unfortunately, some professors, like the one who attacked my recent article, seem to prefer pedantry} _{Jonathan Bartlett

August 21, 2019

Education, Mathematics}

What makes you an expert today is not your clarity of thought but rather your ability to conform your thoughts entirely to the constraints of your profession’s vocabulary.

Doing the Impossible: A Step-by-Step Guide

_{Often, in life as in calculus, when our implicit assumptions as to why something can’t be done are made explicit, they can be disproven} _{Jonathan Bartlett

August 19, 2019

Education}

Calculus textbooks are the most dry and boring presentations of mathematics I have ever seen, even though calculus offers some of the most amazing insights. Unfortunately, most mathematics texts teach only the mathematics, never the insights. Read More ›

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post

Author
News

Date
April 10, 2019

Categorized
Mathematics, Work

Tagged
calculus, education, Jonathan Bartlett, Mathematics, philosophy of math, presuppositions}

Walter Bradley Center Fellow Discovers Longstanding Flaw in an Aspect of Elementary Calculus

_{The flaw doesn't lead directly to wrong answers but it does create confusion} _{News

April 10, 2019

Mathematics, Work}

The lead author, Jonathan Bartlett, noted that the likely source of the bad notation was a philosophical issue. Because no one wanted to give differentials that same ontological status as other numbers, everyone presumed that the notational problems were simply the result of this fact, and no one pursued it further.