Re: Harvard Pres: Women Lack Ability In Math, Sciences

From: Jo Schaper (joschapern4ospam_at_2socketdot.no5net)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:49:41 -0600

jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:

> In article <10v25lsp5nm3sa6@corp.supernews.com>,
> Jo Schaper <joschapern4ospam@2socketdot.no5net> wrote:
>
>>jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <10uvnj1onh8chf1@corp.supernews.com>,
>>> Jo Schaper <joschapern4ospam@2socketdot.no5net> wrote:
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>I've been told that the best book about math for kids is
>>>something called _One, Two, Three, ...Infinity_. You may
>>>try to find it. Note that my recall is bad today and I
>>>may have the title botched and I can't find my cheat ***.
>>>
>>>You might try to check it out for your niece.
>>
>>The book by George Gamow??? Heck, *I* read that as a kid...*|:-)
>
>
> Yes, that sounds like the author.
>
>
>>It was actually my dad's paperback.
>
>
> I'm envious :-). Since I haven't seen it, did it help
> you with math concepts?

Well, I didn't use it as a 'math self-help book'-- I think I was about
10 when I read it. This is the same time I was reading dad's Popular
Mechanics and Popular Science magazines and the "Everything you wanted
to know about science" books those magazines put out in their book clubs.

But it obviously made an impression, over so many books from that age
whose titles and authors I have forgotten. So much so that I ordered up
a used copy on Amazon after this thread yesterday. I'm curious to reread
it--after having been through the whole formal calculus thing. Will let
you know after it arrives and I go through it again. If it is a good
thing, I'm going to pass it along to Valerie.

best
Jo

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