Maharishi Mathematics
March 17th, 2007 by WaltFor the most bizarre math curriculum ever, check out the course listings at Maharishi University of Management, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Via Cosmic Variance.
For the most bizarre math curriculum ever, check out the course listings at Maharishi University of Management, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Via Cosmic Variance.
March 19th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
If you look at the link for the course descriptions:
http://mum.edu/math_dept/descriptions.html
They are not as strange as some of the Titles. Except perhaps for the one on “Vedic Mathematics” which is to be expected.
I’m just surprised at the mostly normal descriptions of Mathematics when I expected much stranger.
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:21 am
This is a pretty common problem in India. Most lay people view ‘vedic mathematics’ with great awe…you’ll regularly hear parents telling their school kids to pick up one of the millions of vedic math books in every book shop to improve their math..while skipping over the courant and robbins that sit next to it. I’ve met many an engineer, finance professors, etc who think very highly of the scam. None of them have heard of Harish Chandra…its depressing.