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Pythagoras' theorem (a) | Math History | NJ Wildberger

Insights into Mathematics · 517.8K views · 2011-03-14 · 48:55

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The first lecture of N J Wildberger's History of Mathematics course, starting with Pythagoras' theorem and following Stillwell's text. It emphasizes the flow of ideas over proofs.

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Recommended as an easy-to-follow math history course that gives perspective on the subject.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2014–2024

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ryneandal · 2023-08 · Strong recommendation

Highly recommend his History of Mathematics lectures on YouTube, if you are interested in that sort of thing: [VIDEO]

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mbivert · 2024-08 · Recommendation

> I'd be interested in any recommendations for math history tomes like that. Not a book, but FWIW, I've enjoyed a few videos from Norman Wildberger's "Math History" playlist[0]. Interestingly, he has a unconventional view of infinite processes in mathematics, a point of view that used to be common about a century ago or so. I'm sure knowing some amount of history is useful, but there must be a limit to how much of it is practically useful though. [VIDEO]

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chadcmulligan · 2020-05 · Recommendation

Maybe some history of mathematics, to give you some perspective on it all? Something I wish I'd known when I did my degree, Norman Wildberger has a great course: [VIDEO] Visual Group Theory, by Nathan Carter is a book you can get something from no matter your level of maths, imho. If you know some linear algebra, Gilbert Strang's course on YouTube may be interesting - [LINK]

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