After reading mathematics in the story

Reflections after reading "Mathematics in Stories"

When I opened the book "Mathematics in Stories" with pictures and texts, I was immediately attracted by each story.

Let’s take a look at the seven chapters in the book first. The silly boy uses mathematics, mathematics in novels, mathematics in jokes, mathematics in idioms, mathematics in colloquial sayings, mathematics in fairy tales, and mathematics in fables. Mathematics in strategy. Oops, I was almost out of breath from reading. I originally thought that mathematics was only in our textbooks, but it turns out that it is everywhere! After reading it carefully, I realized that the questions in it were really difficult, and I couldn’t do many calculations. Take the story in the idiom as an example. "Standing out among the chickens" not only tells us the meaning of this idiom, but also humorously leads to the story of Xue Rengui's "standing out among the chickens" who was attracted by Wang Baochuan at a glance. Then it leads to the story of a princess of a certain big country throwing a hydrangea. The ceremony for choosing a hydrangea partner is as follows: The princess is 17 years old. 10 suitors are selected from among the suitable suitors. They stand in a circle around the princess. The princess chooses one person as the starting point. Counting clockwise, the person who counts to 17 will be eliminated. , and so on, until the last person left is the princess's husband. Can you figure it out? The princess adopted an experimental approach and used ten gold coins instead of living people to finally get her wish.

How is it? Not simple, right? Each of these questions stumped me. Only then did I realize that my knowledge was too little. In fact, mathematics is produced by people in long-term social practice and has a long history of development. It has many inextricable connections with the cultural landscape, astronomy and meteorology, financial management and other aspects of life. As the editor of the book said: "The development of a certain subject is inseparable from the tool of mathematics; mathematics is a universal truth that applies to everyone." Next, I would like to present to you the evaluation of this book by relevant experts: Doing these intellectual questions can exercise people's thinking ability and cultivate people's thinking methods. It allows us to find the essence of things from intricate phenomena, find the main reasons for changes in things from numerous factors, and make things appear organized.

"Mathematics in Stories" is a very interesting book. Reading more books like this is very effective for our intellectual development. I suggest everyone to "read well, read more, read well" "Book" I believe everyone will succeed! ! !

All discoveries, inventions, and creations are inseparable from scientific thinking methods. However, to form a scientific thinking method, it is not enough to simply read textbooks and listen to teachers' lectures. Because the way of thinking is abstract, it is not as simple as 1+1=2. It can only be gradually formed through your own imagination, hands-on operation, and experience of failure. Doing more interesting puzzles is very beneficial to forming scientific thinking methods.