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Page 7
... interest , even as it is the best memorial of its creators . Before considering the very complex case of man- kind ... interests were by degrees sacrificed to this dominating one . A boy who toys with mathe- matical ideas , what fun ...
... interest , even as it is the best memorial of its creators . Before considering the very complex case of man- kind ... interests were by degrees sacrificed to this dominating one . A boy who toys with mathe- matical ideas , what fun ...
Page 54
... interest of science and the study of it becomes the best vehicle of humanism one could devise ; exclude that interest , teach scientific knowledge only for the sake of information and professional instruction , and the study of it ...
... interest of science and the study of it becomes the best vehicle of humanism one could devise ; exclude that interest , teach scientific knowledge only for the sake of information and professional instruction , and the study of it ...
Page 153
... interest , every mathematical student would be advised to take the historical course in his junior or senior year . The grouping together of all these scientifico - his- torical courses would be preferable for other reasons : it would ...
... interest , every mathematical student would be advised to take the historical course in his junior or senior year . The grouping together of all these scientifico - his- torical courses would be preferable for other reasons : it would ...
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