[lbo-talk] The need for Mathematics

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

ravi wrote:
>
> An off-list message from Jerry Monaco made me think of a recent post
> from a list member advising all to learn some mathematics.

There's an interesting math book out there written from a Marxist
perspective. It was even lauded in the US, despite written by (high
profile) Soviet mathematicians:

Aleksandrov, Kolmogorov, Lavrent'ev, _Mathematics: Its Content, Methods
and Meaning_ (ISBN 0486409163)
http://bookshelved.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MathematicsItsContentMethodsAndMeaning

Also, I highly recommend Alan Kay's keynote talk "The Computer
Revolution hasn't happened yet." He's something like the Chomsky of
computing, and a highly entertaining speaker.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2950949730059754521

Tayssir