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Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?

The Joy of Why

CHAPTER

Trigonometry

Terence Moore: trigonometry is not sacrosanct, it's a training for our brains. He says when we push the usefulness of math for its applications, that's not the be all and end all. "Math is so often presented as something that's fixed and rigid because I truly believe that it's about flexibility"

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