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About the Course

Learn how to think the way mathematicians do – a powerful cognitive process developed over thousands of years. Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics – at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math typically focuses on learning procedures to solve highly stereotyped problems. Professional mathematicians think a certain way to solve real problems, problems that can arise from the everyday world, or from science, or from within mathematics itself. The key to success in school math is to learn to think inside-the-box. In contrast, a key feature of mathematical thinking is thinking outside-the-box – a valuable ability in today’s world. This course helps to develop that crucial way of thinking....

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NR

Mar 4, 2018

An awesome course. Very easy to follow at the start, becomes more challenging at the end. I have a PhD in economics yet I struggled with the real analysis at the end. And that's just intro level! :-D

AM

Nov 23, 2019

It was an amazing course! Lots of interesting content. The content is also explained really well, i found it really easy to understand. The assessments are a little challenging, but reasonably sized.

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By Damian S

Jul 7, 2017

A fantastically challenging and stimulating course that will help you learn to analyse problems in new ways.

By Anne

May 25, 2018

brilliant lectures! Very easy to follow and quizzes and problem sets are very helpful. Fantastic professor!

By A.abbas M

Sep 27, 2024

I wholeheartedly recommend this! It's not just for math nerds. It's quick and helps you think with clarity

By Alex A

Jun 3, 2020

Outstanding course. More dots were connected and a new and improved way of thinking emerged along the way.

By Aa Ö

Feb 18, 2021

Bir matematikçi olarak çok verimli bir ders olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Pek çok farklı bakış açısı edindim.

By Abelardo L

May 7, 2017

Excellent course. I really recommend it to anyone that want to improve their overall thinking abilities.

By Oleg S

Aug 29, 2020

Fantastic job. I wish I had an opportunity to watch something like that back in high school. Thank you.

By Saurav K

Apr 7, 2022

Best option for learning the basics in logical reasoning , really helped me clear my historic doubts.

By Arne d R

May 8, 2017

A useful course to do if you want to go into some more discrete mathematics (proving things) after :)

By Ella B

Jul 5, 2018

Excellent introduction which teaches the rigour necessary for a mathematics degree extremely well.

By Abimael G P

Apr 29, 2018

very interesting course that help you to start thinking in a no ambiguous way and out of the mold.

By Dhayal R K

Jul 3, 2017

This is really a great course, I can feel lot of difference in my programming skills, Thank you..

By Wim G

Mar 8, 2017

oldfashioned enthousiastic presentation of basic skills in mathematics; i really liked this class

By Marco A R O

Jul 11, 2022

This wonderful course. This course makes you have a different approach to Mathematics. Loved it.

By Erman S

May 24, 2017

Amazing, very introductory. I have fallen in love with how amusing math can be with this course.

By Otakar M L

Sep 5, 2023

Excelente curso para aprender a hacer demostraciones matemáticas con lógica de cuantificadores.

By Paul A

Aug 7, 2017

A great introduction to mathematical reasoning, proof structures and elementary number theory.

By Dongmei

Jul 28, 2019

I only finished class 1 so far and I found myself love it and want to continue to learn more.

By Ananth V S

Mar 8, 2018

One of the best courses that I took. Its a must for any beginner into university mathematics.

By Pavel B

Mar 15, 2017

This course is just excellent. I want to thank organisers of the course for their great work.

By Marco Q

Mar 12, 2017

This an excellent course it provides The beauty of the most precise language of the universe.

By John H

Nov 19, 2017

Keith Devlin is an amazing mathematician. I would love to take other MOOG courses with him!

By ziad w

Sep 17, 2017

Great Course, great instructor! Highly recommended, makes you appreciate maths a lot more :)

By Guillermo G V

Jul 16, 2021

Excelente curso, muy bueno pero algo difícil de seguir, muchas gracias al Dr. Keith Devlin.

By Lucas c

Feb 14, 2019

An excellent course. Sometimes I've had some difficulties, but I've learnt so much. Thanks.