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		victor106 on May 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: macOS Internals This is so true. Most of math starts to make sense once you know the history behind the concepts.

bombcar on May 7, 2023 [–]

I was able to do calculus when I first learned it, but it didn't really click until I studied Newton's Principia, and was like, oooooooooh I see what he did.

Similar with Euclid's Elements vs the modern "Cartesian" view of geometry.

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