Sunday, 13 October 2013

Prove It: The Art of Mathematical Argument (through the entertainment of story telling)

We all occasionally need to verify our assumed conclusions.

Reading a great book by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer entitled 'Soldiers' which takes the recording and understanding of history to new levels. It's all done through the study of story telling. Soldiers recount their experiences as stories and reveal more than just history. Their entertainment and word art becomes the ground material for understanding the psyche and the social psychology of people under stress. 

In mathematics the stories are even more entertaining?



"Truth and reality, once told or experienced, is only a stranger before the first instance. One must learn to recognise one's ephemeral friends very soon. Some experience, sense and recognise both the truth and reality before it happens, while others never at all." 

I think it is important to be frequently optimistic and thoughtful! 

RT

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