Sam I Am
01-17-2012, 02:47 PM
'Don't Make Me Do This!' The Equations Screamed
by ROBERT KRULWICH
Normally, this kind of thing is done with a pen or a pencil or a crayon, not with a graphing calculator. Numbers like to multiply, divide and subtract. They don't want to be words or pictures. That's not their job.
But if you've never been good at math, and you love to draw, here's a little revenge exercise. You can torture numbers into very unmathematical contortions — contortions that will make you smile.
Complete Story (http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/01/10/144991340/don-t-make-me-do-this-the-equations-screamed?sc=gplus&cc=npr)
by ROBERT KRULWICH
Normally, this kind of thing is done with a pen or a pencil or a crayon, not with a graphing calculator. Numbers like to multiply, divide and subtract. They don't want to be words or pictures. That's not their job.
But if you've never been good at math, and you love to draw, here's a little revenge exercise. You can torture numbers into very unmathematical contortions — contortions that will make you smile.
Complete Story (http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/01/10/144991340/don-t-make-me-do-this-the-equations-screamed?sc=gplus&cc=npr)