The Atlantic – Yoni Appelbaum
“Is math just a ticket to a good job, or is it the key to unlocking a secret world of beauty? There’s no question that math can be useful. “The jobs of the 21st century rely on a highly quantitative-skilled workforce,” said Steven Strogatz, a professor of applied mathematics at Cornell. “If you want to go into high tech, or modern medicine, or finance, you’ll need to know a lot of math…There is also broader utility to knowing more-fundamental math, Strogatz added, as a means of developing critical thinking and problem solving…But reducing math to its practical utility, Strogatz cautioned, sells it short. “Math is fantastic and beautiful,” he said. “If you miss out on the content of math…your life is not as rich as it could be.””(more)