(July 18, 2013 at 9:06 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: The secret to understanding math is practice. There is no other way.
You also have to have a modicum of intelligence. There are people out there that, no matter how hard they practice, will struggle to grasp basic algebra.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell