31 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Courses That Appealed to Steven Chu
I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure. The tedium was relieved by a few courses that seem to be qualitatively different. Geometry was the first exciting course I remember. Instead of memorizing facts, we were asked to think in clear, logical steps. Beginning from a few intuitive postulates, far reaching consequences could be derived, and I took immediately to the sport of proving theorems.Folksonomies: education
Folksonomies: education
He enjoyed Geometry for the process rather than the boring memorization of facts.