Morris Kline
Morris Kline
Morris Klinewas a Professor of Mathematics, a writer on the history, philosophy, and teaching of mathematics, and also a popularizer of mathematical subjects...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 May 1908
CountryUnited States of America
order examination baffled
Actually, most mathematics courses do not teach reasoning of any kind. Students are so baffled by the material that they are obliged to memorize in order to pass examinations.
beauty art form
A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written.
ignorance math statistics
Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance.
teacher teaching errors
[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or to be accepted by students solely on the basis of the teacher's assurance that it will be helpful in later life. [And yet,] mathematlcs is the key to understanding and mastering our physical, social and biological worlds.
book writing machines
The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even ungrammatical... The books are not only printed by machines; they are written by machines.