A divine language : learning algebra, geometry, and calculus at the edge of old age /

Decades after struggling to understand math as a boy, Alec Wilkinson decides to embark on a journey to learn it as a middle-aged man. What begins as a personal challenge and it's challenging, soon transforms into something greater than a belabored effort to learn math. Despite his incompetence,...

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Main Author:	Wilkinson, Alec, 1952- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2022].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Wilkinson, Alec, > 1952- Mathematics > Study and teaching. Math anxiety. Adult learning. Older people > Education. Learning, Psychology of. MATHEMATICS / General.