December 2005
Newer Math?
A new high-school mathematics might someday model complex adaptive systems.
By Rodney Brooks
While prognostications about "the end of science" might be premature, I think most of us expect that high-school mathematics, and even undergraduate math, will remain pretty much the same for all time. It seems math is just basic stuff that's true; there won't be anything new discovered that's simple enough to teach to us mortals.
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