Coordinated by Avital Oliver.
Dates: As ideas appear, please let me know if you want to discuss a certain concept - avital at thewe.net
Have you ever asked yourself "what is this?", "who needs this?", "why would I care?" or other questions after being taught a new Mathematical concept? I sure have, many many times. And when trying to teach these it becomes even more difficult. So we'll try to find motivation for all Mathematical concepts. In order to do so, we sometimes go back to history, where we discover that the original reasons for studying something aren't the way we thought they were! For some examples, see Motivation.