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Re: The audience for Mathematica (Was: Show doesn't work inside Do

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  • Subject: [mg102106] Re: The audience for Mathematica (Was: Show doesn't work inside Do
  • From: dr DanW <dmaxwarren at gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:56:06 -0400 (EDT)
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I find that I am a much better mathematician since I have had
Mathematica.  It lets me concentrate on why I am doing math, instead
of how.  Students can get so wrapped up in the mechanics of taking a
derivative that they forget what it means when they are done.

The same questions were raised about the electronic calculator, and I
am sure that erasable graphite technology went through the same thing
from the chalk-and-slate people.  I say it is a good thing to hand
mechanical drudgery over to the nearest, most capable machine and free
the human mind for the stuff that it was made for.


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