What's with calculus?
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Learning maths is supposed to be a pretty important thing to do. Counting is important, multiplying is important and percentages are important. But calculus, how important is that? Is it really necessary for us to learn about calculus, trigonometry, algebra and all those other things that most of us are never again going to use in their life?
Calculus is a branch of mathematics that is all about mapping change. You get a series of mathematical equations that come together to tell you how things change over a period of time. While many of us are never going to use calculus directly, we can still use the lessons learnt. One of the greatest lessons taught in any type of ‘higher’ mathematics is the ability to think about things numerically; to change words into numbers and to visualize how those numbers change over time.
"Skills are transferable, time is not. Let’s study calculus, it’s not that hard."
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