Jagadeeshan, Shashidhar
(2017)
A review of
the cartoon guide
to algebra and
the cartoon guide
to calculus.
At Right Angles, 6 (2).
pp. 106-112.
ISSN 2582-1873
Abstract
I don’t know what your experience of learning
mathematics was—but for me, till I went to
graduate school and except for a few courses as an
undergraduate, it was a very heavy affair. First of all, there
was an overwhelming sense of being weighed down that was
associated with ‘knowledge’. There was so much to learn, so
much to remember and so much to be tested on! There was
no sense of lightness associated with learning, no sense of
play or joy in discovering and understanding. I remember
once, wandering around a huge library with this feeling, and
coming upon a lovely poem by Justin Richardson (Punch,
1952), which gave me immense relief. It goes like this:
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