Edward Frenkel: "Bagaimana jika di sekolah Anda harus mengikuti 'k...

"Bagaimana jika di sekolah Anda harus mengikuti 'kelas seni' di mana Anda hanya diajarkan cara melukis pagar? Bagaimana jika Anda tidak pernah diperlihatkan lukisan-lukisan Leonardo da Vinci dan Picasso? Apakah itu akan membuat Anda menghargai seni? Apakah Anda ingin mempelajari lebih lanjut tentang itu? Saya meragukannya .......... tapi beginilah cara matematika diajarkan sehingga di mata sebagian besar dari kita, itu setara dengan menonton cat kering. Sementara lukisan-lukisan para guru besar sudah tersedia, matematika para guru besar itu dikunci."

--- Edward Frenkel

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What if at school you had to take an 'art class' in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Picasso? Would that make you appreciate art? Would you want to learn more about it? I doubt it..........but this is how math is taught and so in the eyes of most of us it becomes the equivalent of watching paint dry. While the paintings of the great masters are readily available, the math of the great masters is locked away.