[Edu-sig] More math-teaching

[Kirby Urner]

>Kirby, did you hear anything back from Mr. Peterson?

Yeah, he and I have some correspondance going back a 
ways.  He knows I'm into Bucky Fuller, which is 
somewhat controversial in that Dr. J.H. Conway at
Princeton thinks Fuller's stuff is a waste of time
(as per recent posts to the Math Forum).

But I was a philosophy major (at Princeton too it
so happens) and interpret 'Synergetics' in light 
of my background in Wittgenstein.  I get quite a
bit of value out if it, including stuff I can use
at the K-12 level, as a curriculum writer (a fact
Conway has said he finds distressing).

I go into this because Ivars (Mr. Peterson) has 
made some links to Fuller's synergetic geometry 
in his books (e.g. in 'Jungles of Randomness') and 
plans to do so again in the upcoming Math Trek 2 
(part of what he's written to me about).  Rather 
courageous of him I'd say, given all the prejudice 
against doing that.  More details at my website
(e.g. see http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/bio.html
-- including 'For Further Reading').

Kirby