I recently found my Dad's slide rule. A Dietzgen maniphase 1732. I had started to learn how to use a slide rule in high school in 1972. Then calculators came out and that was the end of the slide rule. I have been learning how to use it and it has given me a real sense of the numbers, as you stated. I'm a civil/structural engineer and I agree that this should be taught in school.
I recently found my dad's slide rule and began to learn how it works. It really is amazing that this tool was used by mankind for so long and aided in our advancement. Using it taught me some things I didn't know and now my son as well.
That order of magnitude calculation method is brilliant. I have never seen that before. Just got myself a slide rule, so I am studying up on how to use it. Thank you.
I've got the same DeciLon you're using in this video, and I'm finally learning how to use it. This is the best order of magnitude explanation I've come across so far! Thanks!
Nice videos! Learning the slide-rule is my thanksgiving vacation diversion but I wasn't thinking it would be this fun. I was having issues with the cube-roots but, while you were working the square-root, I realized how I was messing it up.
Excellent video!! And wow, do I have a lot to learn-especially developing a mental dexterity for powers. I’m getting fairly decent with my slide rules but these techniques make it very powerful. And I love (love!) how using it dramatically improves one’s understanding of math.
Thanks for the video. It was very interesting and good to know about the slide ruler that i have at home. Furthermore thank god, I don’t need to master it. Thanks to a modern calculator!
I recently found my Dad's slide rule. A Dietzgen maniphase 1732. I had started to learn how to use a slide rule in high school in 1972. Then calculators came out and that was the end of the slide rule.
I have been learning how to use it and it has given me a real sense of the numbers, as you stated. I'm a civil/structural engineer and I agree that this should be taught in school.
I recently found my dad's slide rule and began to learn how it works. It really is amazing that this tool was used by mankind for so long and aided in our advancement. Using it taught me some things I didn't know and now my son as well.
That order of magnitude calculation method is brilliant. I have never seen that before. Just got myself a slide rule, so I am studying up on how to use it. Thank you.
I've got the same DeciLon you're using in this video, and I'm finally learning how to use it. This is the best order of magnitude explanation I've come across so far! Thanks!
I just wanted to take a moment and thank you. It is wonderful that you took the time to make this video
Nice videos! Learning the slide-rule is my thanksgiving vacation diversion but I wasn't thinking it would be this fun.
I was having issues with the cube-roots but, while you were working the square-root, I realized how I was messing it up.
Excellent video!! And wow, do I have a lot to learn-especially developing a mental dexterity for powers. I’m getting fairly decent with my slide rules but these techniques make it very powerful. And I love (love!) how using it dramatically improves one’s understanding of math.
Thank you. Keep on practicing!
Esto si me interesa doctor.... buscaré y la desempolvarse mi regla de cálculo.....
Thanks for the video. It was very interesting and good to know about the slide ruler that i have at home. Furthermore thank god, I don’t need to master it. Thanks to a modern calculator!
It makes math fun again 😊
Good video from a man who knows the POWER of the left hand.😎