I have an idea for whenever I'll have my own kids. I'll buy them as toys as many measurement devices as I possibly can. This will show them, I hope, that numbers are not an abstract thing. They are everywhere. Not visible at first glance but with proper device you can see them.
I think the fact that my grandfather (electrician by trade and self-taught carpenter, shoemaker and general DIY guy) owned and used vernier scale, micrometer, folding rule, voltmeters and ammeters contributed to my ability at mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science and being a reasonable person.
Surely I used a vernier scale as a makeshift futuristic gun, micrometer to squish my fingers, folding rule as kind of pretend switchblade but later also for seeing numbers in the world.
I think the fact that my grandfather (electrician by trade and self-taught carpenter, shoemaker and general DIY guy) owned and used vernier scale, micrometer, folding rule, voltmeters and ammeters contributed to my ability at mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science and being a reasonable person.
Surely I used a vernier scale as a makeshift futuristic gun, micrometer to squish my fingers, folding rule as kind of pretend switchblade but later also for seeing numbers in the world.