PAULA H. COMBISTA
MST 3 MATH 1
A CERTAIN AMBIGUITY
Mathematical Novel, its a good approach to the readers to learn math and to enjoy reading it. Normally or most student find reading academic books are boring, just the thought of reading or just starting reading it make us feel dull and tired but reading fictional books like Percy Jackson or Hunger Games we feel trilled and excited we even spend money for it. So this mathematical novel really is a great idea, it easy to read and easy to understand and what I like the most is its in first-person (well I rather read first-person novels).
Another good thing about novel we could feel the feelings of the protagonist, the ideas he have, the experience he been through, how he will find himself and how he will succeed. Because knowing that sometimes we can relate and give us more ideas. Like in this novel we could feel his struggles, his love in math and all of that things.
Talking about mathematics, the book help us to see the beauty of math that if we just open our mind we could appreciate math. And remember those documentary film titled Story of Maths? About those Greek? Zeroes? Infinity? Theories? And those Mathematicians? Certainly this book is not just for entertainment but its a book of learning about the math, the human and the world. I remember a conversation between Nico and one of his student and I quote “If mathematics is so beautiful, why haven’t I ever heard anyone talk about it that way before?”
“Maybe it’s because mathematics is not a
spectator sport. You have to do it to appreciate it, and doing it requires patience
and persistence. You can love a song without being able to sing, but
that doesn’t work in mathematics. Nevertheless, the beauty is there for you
to find.” And that’s how mathematics work-appreciate, patience, persistence and find the beauty of it.
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