Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-06-22

Books mentioned on 134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate?

1 book · With Conrad Wolfram · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Conrad Wolfram wants to transform the way we teach math — by taking advantage of computers. The creator of Computer-Based Maths convinced the Estonian government to give his radical curriculum a try — so why is the rest of the world so resistant?

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

1. 

   The Math(s) Fix

   Conrad Wolfram · at 4:58

   Discussed

   “could you walk us through the four steps that you lay out in your book of the process you call math”

   Steve Levitt 134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate? 2024-06-22 Listen at 4:58

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible