Mathematica and Education
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- Subject: [mg64934] Mathematica and Education
- From: "fizzy" <fizzycist at knology.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:59:50 -0500 (EST)
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Recently, there were several discussions regarding the use of Mathematica in the classroom, etc... I just took a course in Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and I'm happy to say that I did not perform a single pencil and paper operation. I did all the homework and exams using Mathematica. Also, in hindsight, without Mathematica I would never take the course nor can I conceive of how I could without it although I realize there was a time where people did work without Mathematica. The amount of homework was horrendous and how you could do it with pencil and paper operations is beyond me. In fact, I've gotten so used to Mathematica that if I were told I can no longer use it in my work, etc. , I would give Science up. That is how attached I've become to Mathematica and how much more enjoyment I've gotten out of Science problems using it. Also, when I have to use other languages I feel like a Programmer and I dont relish that at all. With Mathematica I actually feel that I'm doing some thinking and analyzing instead of just writing lines of code. Jerry Blimbaum
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