Author of Mathematics Textbooks Aaron Aspis Died at Age 87 - Walla! news

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Aspis began working as a teacher after completing a bachelor’s degree. In the past, he said he decided to compile his books after coming to the conclusion that the books in his time were not suitable for children. He began distributing them for free to teachers, and the great demand created for them led to the sale of hundreds of thousands of copies over the years

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Author of Mathematics Textbooks Aaron Aspis passed away at the age of 87

Aspis began working as a teacher after completing a bachelor’s degree.

In the past, he said he decided to compile his books after coming to the conclusion that the books in his time were not suitable for children.

He began distributing them for free to teachers, and the great demand created for them led to the sale of hundreds of thousands of copies over the years

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His books revolutionized. Aaron Aspis (Photo: Official Website, aviados from Wikipedia)

In the past, he said that "as a young and ambitious clergyman I came to the conclusion that the books are not suitable for students, do not promote them. Frustrating. So I started thinking of another form." At first he composed worksheets for his students, and these became sought after by his peers in the profession. "I realized that if 20-15 teachers are interested in the material I wrote, maybe it is possible to publish a math book," Yitzhak Ben-Horin from Maariv told a reporter.

Given the difficulty of getting the book into the education system, he took a revolutionary marketing step and distributed his book for free to math teachers. Comments soon began to arrive and there was a demand for the book. Later, he began publishing another book and another book - and his books sold in the thousands. The demand was so great, and so for example it is written that in 1987 90,000 of his books were sold. Demand has also spawned an forgery industry of Aaron Aspis books.

"My books are not a revolution, not a patent. Rather, simplify things. Submit problems in an absorbing way, make a rating of difficulty and continuity between a problem and its predecessor. I learned from every lesson and drew conclusions,"Told later.

His books revolutionized and made the mathematics profession accessible to many teens.

Ora Sheinerman, who founded the Shachar Institute school network, explained to Ben-Horin that "Aspis' books have revolutionized both methodically and in terms of printing and aesthetics. His books are pleasant to read. He was the first to write the answer after the question so you do not have to scroll "The end of the school. 90 percent and more of the schools use his books. The achievement is especially great in light of the conservatism of the teachers," she said at the time.