[EEGator]

I never used one, but a couple professors told me you get a deeper understanding after using one for some time.

[hanamizu]

you get a deeper understanding after using one for some time.

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I can’t say I’ve used the slide rules very long, but you do have to know where to put the decimal point for example, because the slide rule won’t do it for you. You also get a feel for the concept of ‘significant digits’ because, again, the slide rule won’t give you an answer with 10 digits.

My limited experience of teaching math to jr high kids is that they punch numbers into a calculator and accept whatever answer they see on the screen whether it makes sense or not. Also seeing seeing 7 digits to the right of the decimal point creates an illusion of accuracy that really isn’t there. Well it’s there, but it isn’t as important as they think.

It is amazing that we pretty much got to the moon and back using the computing power of slip sticks.