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The Rooted Mathematician

Essays on mathematics as a language, and on the books, ideas and questions that shape how I teach.

IThe Oldest LanguageMathematics is older than writing itself. This essay asks why it is a language at all, and what changes when we learn to read it rather than only solve it.Read ›IIThe Ceiling at the Top of the ClassWhy the strongest students are most at risk of never meeting mathematics, and what lifts the ceiling their marks have built.Read ›IIIThe Second ImpressionHow to prepare for Higher Level mathematics in the IB Diploma, and how to know it is the right choice.Read ›

New essays are published here through the year.

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The Rooted
Mathematician

Essays on mathematics,
education and books

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About the journal

The longer conversation.

The Rooted Mathematician is my journal and newsletter. I write here about mathematics as a language, and about the books, ideas and questions that shape how I think and teach. It is for readers who believe mathematics is meant to be understood, and returned to, slowly.

The essays are open to all. Would you like the letters too? They go to everyone who applies for a place, sits The Portrait, joins the waitlist, or registers for The Practice Room.