Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.
— Bill Thurston, Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World (2009)
Quoted in a 2009 book about mathematicians.
Topics: learning, mathematics
Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.
— Bill Thurston, Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World (2009)
Quoted in a 2009 book about mathematicians.
Topics: learning, mathematics