[nabs-l] Advanced college math

[Kirt Manwaring]

Denis and Greg,
  Thank you.  I knew you would be out there, and I knew you didn't
have to be a "super blind" hero to do higher-level math but,
unfortunately, a lot of blind people I know don't even graduate
college so that kind of limits the sample size, you know?  And yeah- I
totally forgot about dr. Nemeth.  My bad.  :)
  And it's not so much about an argument...it's more about education.
We weren't really at each other's throats...my roommate was just
curious, and I couldn't really give him a good answer.  So thanks for
helping me out.
  Best,
Kirt

On 2/17/11, Dennis Clark <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hello Curt,
> Many totally blind people have taken advanced math classes and have actually
> obtained PhD's in math.  I went to engineering school and took calculus,
> differential equations, partial differential equations, and linear algebra.
> I had all of my books in Braille, and speaking only for myself, I could not
> have successfully taken these classes without Braille books.  Hope that
> helps.
> Best,
> Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kirt Manwaring" <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:12 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] Advanced college math
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>
>> Dear Nabs-ers,
>>  I have a question for all y'all that came up in conversation with my
>> roommate just a minute ago.  Have any of you taken highly advanced
>> college math classes?  (I'm not talking general-ed math, I'm talking
>> like calculus and linear algebra and classes like that)  Because I'm
>> sure it's possible, I'm sure it's been done, but I don't know any
>> blind person who's taken math classes at that high of a level.  I'm
>> sure some of you have, so please let me know so I can tell my roommate
>> it can be done.  (also...if you happen to be totally blind, that'll
>> help my case a lot, just sayin...:))
>>  Best,
>> Kirt
>>
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