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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
August 19, 2019

Categorized
Intelligent Design, Mathematics

Tagged
, calculus, Jonathan Bartlett}

Do you think calculus texts are as bad as Jonathan Bartlett does?

_{Denyse O'Leary

August 19, 2019

Intelligent Design, Mathematics}

Unfortunately, most mathematics texts teach only the mathematics, never the insights. I felt so frustrated by this gap that I wrote my own textbook, in which I try to teach both. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
April 11, 2019

Categorized
Intelligent Design, Mathematics

Tagged
, calculus, Jonathan Bartlett}

UD author’s suggested correction to calculus goes viral

_{Denyse O'Leary

April 11, 2019

Intelligent Design, Mathematics}

The story we ran on the topic at Mind Matters has gone viral via Slashdot, with five thousand views since yesterday afternoon. (A paper about CALCULUS?) Figures, Bartlett must have a point about the problem. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett

Date
April 8, 2019

Categorized
Intelligent Design, Mathematics

Tagged
, calculus, derivative, infinitesimal, infinity, materialism, Mathematics}

Is Standard Calculus Notation Wrong?

_{Jonathan Bartlett

April 8, 2019

Intelligent Design, Mathematics}

We usually think of basic mathematics such as introductory calculus to be fairly solid. However, recent research by UD authors shows that calculus notation needs a revision.
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