(July 24, 2014 at 11:59 am)whateverist Wrote:(July 24, 2014 at 9:50 am)pocaracas Wrote: Whateverist, have you seen this presentation?
I have now. What a refreshing change it would be if calculation wasn't the main event. That is what frustrates everyone. I make light of calculating mistakes. I like to say they must be the same species as me, human all too human. I like the bit about emphasizing being able to program a computer to do the calculation rather than executing it ourselves on paper. That is like figuring out an algorithm rather than executing it. It is a different focus point. I like the idea of talking about the four steps and just de-emphasizing the third one ... not because it doesn't deserve some attention but because we have been consumed by it.
Do note that that's the guy responsible for the program Mathematica, which enables you to program any problem into it and it just solves it. IT has an actual function called "Solve"!!
He's also the guy behind Wolfram Alpha, a very simplified online version of Mathematica.
