Ivor Grattan-Guinness Quotes

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

  Ivor Grattan-Guinness

  Jesus, Campaigns, Stories

  "The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences". Book by Ivor Grattan-Guinness, p. 127, 200.

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• Non-Newtonian calculi... have considerable potential as alternative approaches to traditional problems.

  Ivor Grattan-Guinness

  Alternatives, Problem, Approach

  "Non-Newtonian Calculus", Middlesex Math Notes, 1977.

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• 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.

  Ivor Grattan-Guinness

  Achievement, Would Be, Nineteenth Century

  "The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences". Book by Ivor Grattan-Guinness, p. 400, 2000.

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• 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.

  Ivor Grattan-Guinness

  Educational, Teaching, Law

  "The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences". Book by Ivor Grattan-Guinness, p. 739, 2000.

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• Mathematics is one of the most basic -- and most ancient -- types of knowledge. Yet the details of its historical development remain obscure to all but a few specialists.

  Ivor Grattan-Guinness

  Historical, Details, Development

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