I've been enjoying Conway and Guy's The Book of Numbers. In the second chapter, the authors are using the construction of geometric shapes to illustrate some basic principles of number theory. Some of the pictures in the book reminded me of cuisinaires, which are toy wooden rods I used to play with when I was very young. (Here's a picture of someone playing with them; isn't that cute?) Incidentally, it surprises me that I can remember participating in activities that occurred almost 40 years ago. I hope that 40 years from now, my memory of my early childhood is still that good. Triggering this type of memory is a good sign that I'm on the right track towards developing my mathematical intuition, etc.
I've been enjoying Conway and Guy's The Book of Numbers. In the second chapter, the authors are using the construction of geometric shapes to illustrate some basic principles of number theory. Some of the pictures in the book reminded me of cuisinaires, which are toy wooden rods I used to play with when I was very young. (Here's a picture of someone playing with them; isn't that cute?) Incidentally, it surprises me that I can remember participating in activities that occurred almost 40 years ago. I hope that 40 years from now, my memory of my early childhood is still that good. Triggering this type of memory is a good sign that I'm on the right track towards developing my mathematical intuition, etc.
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