In Conclusion... (Adler\'s \"Difference of Man\" Book) (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, August 04, 2009, 15:45 (5381 days ago) @ David Turell

The difference of Man: of all species we take the longest time to become adult. The following article describes the plasticity of the baby brain and how it learns:
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327191.700-from-butterfly-to-caterpillar-how-ch... - Sofia Kovalevskaya. - Her parents, when she was a baby, plastered her crib and her room with pages from then-modern mathematical texts, under the auspice that since math is a language early exposure will help to eliminate future barriers. Even if she didn't know what they meant, she would be comfortable with the symbols. Blocked from school in Russia, she went to school in Northern Europe and became (if memory serves) the first female to be appointed professor in Europe. - While I don't want to set a path for my kids, I want them to be unafraid of math, unlike myself. It is much harder to learn as an adult, the incoming high-school kids learn about 1/3 faster than I do. The one advantage I have is that I can pretty rapidly see how each result fits into the big picture, even while only partially understanding it. - Not that I think that grad committees look at it, but my knowledge of myself is certainly my greatest asset.

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