Early Data Visualization
The explosive increase in computing power in the last half of the last century changed the course of the mighty river of mathematics. Discrete methods of solution came to supersede analog ones as "on-off" digital notions replaced the continuous. Analytical techniques and number-crunching overtook the elegant formality of logical solutions and symbol manipulation, lending to the latter a strangely passé and almost quaint air. Yesterday, calculus and algebra were king and queen. Today, its statistics and data science. Students will likely continue to study the traditional arithmetic-algebra-trig-calculus sequence we've all been used to, at least for a another decade or two. Nevertheless, stats and datasci are coming up awfully fast in the rear view mirror, and it's just a matter of time before we watch them zoom by. What does this mean for modern day parent-teachers? Teach your child to enjoy measurement, recording data, and making pretty graphs! Famil...