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Quotes from The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences — Ivor Grattan-Guinness

1941–2014 England

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The teaching of axioms should come after conveying the theory in a looser version.

The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences (2000)

From the 3rd century onwards, orthodox Christianity, based on a Hebrew story and worshipping the Jew Jesus, also led many campaigns of anti-Semitism.

The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences (2000)

In addition, the teaching of theories from axioms, or some close imitation of them such as the basic laws of an algebra, is usually an educational disaster.

The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences (2000)

It [ non-Euclidean geometry ] would be ranked among the most famous achievements of the entire [nineteenth] century, but up to 1860 the interest was rather slight.

The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences (2000)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ivor Grattan-Guinness (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.