Parsing Mathematics

a notation course for people who already think in code

Preview — checked, not finished

I can read code. I couldn't read a formula — and I've come to think that is a language failure rather than a mathematical one. Every issue trains one of four skills — say, parse, scope, produce — and every issue ends with something you can do rather than something you have read.

The signature page is the plate: a formula set large, with a numbered key beneath it. It recurs in every issue, which is how the series teaches its own furniture.

• Issue 0

  The Method

  why the wall is a language wall

  You can already read code. What you are missing is the grammar — and it is four drills, not four years.

  A4 · 8 pages Pocket A5, 2-up
• Issue 1

  The Alphabet

  glyphs, and what they signal

  Greek, blackboard bold, and the decorations. Once you can name a symbol you can stop being frightened of it.

  A4 · 8 pages Pocket A5, 2-up
• Design proof

  Every element once

  the design system, before a word of the course is written

  One page carrying each piece of furniture the series uses — plate, drill, cards, ladder, aside, imprint.

  A4 · 1 page

Two of nine issues built. The rest when they are good enough — no pre-orders, no sign-up. Free to copy and adapt under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The interactive companion: eight formulas, each as a single card →