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Reasonable Hope (Math) · July 30 · 4 min

Climbing the Mountain

Paul Lockhart compares doing mathematics to climbing a mountain: the path is difficult, wrong turns are inevitable, and the destination is not the journey’s only reward. The climb changes what we can see—and who we become along the way.

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Paul Lockhart compares doing mathematics to climbing a mountain: the path is difficult, wrong turns are inevitable, and the destination is not the journey’s only reward. The climb changes what we can see—and who we become along the way.