Maths is fundamentally a different process in education than it is in the real world. There is an insistence that we do maths by hand when most of it is done by computers. The idea that you have to do… — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
One thing is for sure: most of the people admitting candidates to universities for technical subjects are pretty dissatisfied with the level of math… — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
Answers are what we are trying to get at; search is a process by which you may be able to get answers, but it's… — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
Computers do the calculating to allow people to transform the world. — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
I couldn't tell you in any detail how my computer works. I use it with a layer of automation. — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
Calculating does not equal mathematics. It's a subsection of it. In years gone by it was the limiting factor, but computers now allow you… — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
Maths should be more practical and more conceptual, but less mechanical. — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
Maths is fundamentally a different process in education than it is in the real world. There is an insistence that we do maths by… — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image
There's certainly an issue of helping teachers to move to a new way of thinking about things, but there are also new methodologies one… — Conrad Wolfram Copy Share Image