Seventy-eight percent of people I have met in my life have had a traumatic experience with mathematics and therefore hate the subject. For me, this is a problem that we must resolve at once, and while it is impossible for everyone to love math, it is crucial to try at…

At college, math was my main focus, but I wanted to explore even further and took some design and photography courses to see how math relates to different areas. I was fascinated by the connection between math, design, and the universe, which is why math has always interested me. Below…

In High School, my Sony Walkman and I were inseparable. While everyone was at home watching their TVs and sitting around, I wandered the streets and listened to my favorite radio station at the time, “Açık Radyo.” One day, Açık Radyo introduced a program called Math Stories, where Tosun Terzioglu…

No matter where you go, you will always see mathematicians being used as calculators by their friends. However, digging deeper, you will find that most mathematicians aren’t great at arithmetics. I can never forget in university; my math professor would solve these complex problems and solve them until he got…

“There was a footpath leading across the fields to New Southgate, and I used to go there alone to watch the sunset and contemplate suicide. I did not, however, commit suicide because I wished to know more about mathematics.” — Bertrand Russell — It is so mystical when you leave home in the morning in the snow. Snowflakes fly around in the measureless universe, falling to the ground and blanketing the ground. Or a snowflake landing on your nose. You do not see any flowers because flowers cannot flourish in the cold. It…

One of my favorite things in math is to mess with numbers and understand them deeply, learning about their unique characteristics. Recently, one of the most exciting things I learned about was Cornell University’s research on prime numbers. Two researchers took the first 100 million prime numbers and ran algorithms…

It has been said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and this is also true for education and learning in general. That is why I enjoy reading about different approaches to teaching and learning and exploring new ideas in mathematics and other subjects. …

The question of how mathematicians think is closely related to the question, “How does a musician compose?” Similarly, this question is asked to learn how the creative process works. Those who are interested in computer science or especially artificial intelligence can give the correct answer to this question. A real…

One of the first problems encountered by every mathematics student starting mathematics education at university is to prove that the square root of two is an irrational number. The reason this question exists is to encourage you to brainstorm and also to open the doors of mathematical thinking to you. 5 Must Read Math Books to Learn Mathematical Thinking I have listed some of the books that my teachers have recommended to me in my academic career and have had the…ali.medium.com