According to Dr. Williams, taking a course like this would reveal the aesthetic qualities of numbers and their values, and could transform our perception of math from being a subject to pass to a tool for understanding the world.
Talithia Williams: The number one complaint I hear as a mathematician is, 'What am I gonna use this for?' And quite honestly, maybe you're not using calculus every day of your life, but one thing that math teaches us is how to think critically.
Thinking through mathematics in that way, it really helps us transfer those skills then to our everyday life. When someone tells me that they hate math, I really try to get them to just appreciate mathematics as a discipline.
What would a math appreciation course look like? What might we show people in a class that says, 'We're not doing any calculations. We just want you to see the beauty of mathematics and where it shows up.' That's a class that people get excited about.
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