Open AccessThe List: Proverbs for Calculus
Author(s) -
Bruce Pourciau
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of humanistic mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2159-8118
DOI - 10.5642/jhummath.202102.19
Subject(s) - calculus (dental) , meaning (existential) , mathematics , epistemology , philosophy , medicine , dentistry
Topics chosen from first-year calculus illustrate a number of “sayings” or “proverbs,” the first three, for example, being: be awed, like a child; meaning before truth; and act with intention. Many are proverbs for life as well as mathematics.