Math Education

The mathematician’s patterns, like

The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s, must be beautiful. G. H. Hardy

A mathematician, like a

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. G. H. Hardy

Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician’s finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game. G. H. Hardy

Archimedes will be remembered

Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. Immortality may be a silly word, but probably a mathematician has the best chance of whatever it may mean. G. H. Hardy

Beauty is the first

Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. G. H. Hardy

A mathematician, like a

A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. G. H. Hardy

The mathematician’s patterns, like

The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colours or the words must fit together in a harmonious way. Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. G. H. Hardy

Science is what we

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do. Donald Knuth

Mathematics is a game

Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. David Hilbert

I had done quite

I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it’s too late by college. Danica McKellar