I know I don’t have a right to say this, that calculus is the language of mathematics. I’m not a mathematician, nor am I even good at math. Whatever it is that I’m calling mathematics, I do like, and have at various points in my life, all in the times since my own schooling, not [...]
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More on the calculus as the language of mathematics
June 7, 2010Christopher Hitchens and Peter Singer
June 7, 2010Yes we do, most of us most of the time, suppress our expression of certain attitudes and our use of certain terms in the belief that they are too offensive or controversial. For example as a general rule we avoid talking about, following a freer toddler period in our lives, our bodily functions, including by [...]
