Comments on: Weapons of math instruction http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/weapons-of-math-instruction/367 Mathematics, learning, computing, travel - and whatever... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: zac http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/weapons-of-math-instruction/367/comment-page-1#comment-2870 zac Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:58:10 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/weapons-of-math-instruction/367#comment-2870 Yes, Alan - I also wondered whether the authors were aware of this. My own <a href="http://www.intmath.com/BasicAlg/BasAl.php" rel="nofollow">intro page on Algebra</a> gets a lot of hits from people looking for "father of algebra". In my part of the world, it is great that the heads of both Malaysia and Indonesia are trying to steer their countries down a path of modernity and moderation. A big part of this push is education, particularly in the sciences. Mahathir (former prime minister of Malaysia) was always exhorting the Malays to emulate the former glories of the Islamic scholars. Yes, Alan – I also wondered whether the authors were aware of this.

My own intro page on Algebra gets a lot of hits from people looking for “father of algebra”.

In my part of the world, it is great that the heads of both Malaysia and Indonesia are trying to steer their countries down a path of modernity and moderation. A big part of this push is education, particularly in the sciences. Mahathir (former prime minister of Malaysia) was always exhorting the Malays to emulate the former glories of the Islamic scholars.

]]> By: Alan Cooper http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/weapons-of-math-instruction/367/comment-page-1#comment-2868 Alan Cooper Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:30:45 +0000 http://www.squarecirclez.com/blog/weapons-of-math-instruction/367#comment-2868 Although the authors of the joke seem to see “al-gebra” as just a funny coincidence, I’ve always thought that it could be used as a lead-in to a discussion of the origins of the subject and as a timely reminder of the fact that there was once a time when the Islamic world was a refuge of tolerance and rationality. Although the authors of the joke seem to see “al-gebra” as just a funny coincidence, I’ve always thought that it could be used as a lead-in to a discussion of the origins of the subject and as a timely reminder of the fact that there was once a time when the Islamic world was a refuge of tolerance and rationality.

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