Ivor Grattan-Guinness: Basics

Ivor Grattan-Guinness was Historian of mathematics and logic. Explore interesting quotes on basics.
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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

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Companion encyclopedia of the history and philosophy of the mathematical sciences (2003)

Mathematics , Knowledge

“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

Source: The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences (2000), p. 739.

Education , Law

“Mathematics occupies a peculiar position in cultural life today. 'Everybody knows' that it is one of the most basic, and also ancient, types of knowledge; yet it is not part of normal cultural discourse, and few people know much about its historical development, or even that it has a history.”

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 1, page 3, 2003.

Life , People , History , Mathematics