On the bus from NYC to Boston for EAGxBoston 2019 I chanced to sit next to a topology professor. I don’t have any higher math background, but mentioning that I’d recently read the first few books of the Elements opened the door to a long and interesting conversation. I was amazed that something written two thousand years prior compared so favorably with my own 8th grade geometry experience, which despite having a cool teacher managed to teach me only the rudiments of geometry, and nothing substantial about proofs or theorems.) Minus the annoying long s, I’d gift Byrne’s illustrated Elements to any smart kid in a heartbeat—it’s surprisingly cheap on Amazon.
On the bus from NYC to Boston for EAGxBoston 2019 I chanced to sit next to a topology professor. I don’t have any higher math background, but mentioning that I’d recently read the first few books of the Elements opened the door to a long and interesting conversation. I was amazed that something written two thousand years prior compared so favorably with my own 8th grade geometry experience, which despite having a cool teacher managed to teach me only the rudiments of geometry, and nothing substantial about proofs or theorems.) Minus the annoying long s, I’d gift Byrne’s illustrated Elements to any smart kid in a heartbeat—it’s surprisingly cheap on Amazon.