Thu 28 Feb 2008 @19:07
I am not the biggest geek in the world… really, I’m sure there must be bigger geeks than I am.
Still, in my current reading material is Calculus for Dummies. I don’t need calculus for work. I don’t need calculus at all really. I just… want to know that I can understand calculus. I got as far as Algebra 2 and Trig in high school, but then had to take a [very] basic math class in college. [That's a story in itself... for another time.] I like physics and chemistry, both math-intensive sciences. A lot of my work [and sometimes play] takes me into areas like engineering and programming that use higher math. Some of my students take calculus and [I'm not competitive at all -- really!] I want to relate what they learn there with the drawings they do for me when that’s practical. So on one of my forays in the bookstore I looked through a half-dozen calculus books and picked the Dummies.
I am not the biggest geek in the world… maybe.
February 29th, 2008 at 04:55
hmmmm.. reading a calculus text for pleasure? I’m pretty sure that does qualify you for geekdom.
When you don the pocket protector, it may be time for an intervention…
Brainy men are smoking hot, by the way…
February 29th, 2008 at 11:27
. . .maybe not. . .
(Actually, I do find the philosophy behind math very exciting. And the best thing of all right now is that today is a GLORIOUS day and I’m home enjoying it. Har har.)
February 29th, 2008 at 17:51
Well that “hobby” certainly puts you in the running. J/k! I had a pretty easy time with algebra and trig in school but then I hit somewhat of a roadblock with Calculus. I think it was more about the fact that I was a senior, was already accepted into a least one college that I didn’t mind going to, so I just kind of checked out.
March 2nd, 2008 at 13:40
hahhah… You are a riot! I went as far as calculus in college. Nonetheless, I can’t even remember how to do simple polynomial factoring: 14y^5 - 4y^3 + 2y. There is no way I can remember calculus nor have the ability to re-learn something like that. Have fun!!
March 2nd, 2008 at 20:33
oh, i think that is cool. i was a straight C student in math except the one year in jr high that we did independent study. that year, i actually blew thru algebra. then went to a new school where i had to retake the same classes in a traditional setting and suddenly i was no good at math again.
good luck with your calculus (-: