Eric Temple Bell Quote

The distinction between the mathematical method and the scientific is seen in the agonies of very young children to do what their teachers sometimes tell them is mathematics. Anyone who was subjected to elementary geometry when his infantile brain was as unripe as a green walnut will recall the protracted misery he endured.


The Handmaiden of the Sciences, Chapter 1 (p. 6), Williams & Wilkins Co. 1937


The distinction between the mathematical method and the scientific is seen in the agonies of very young children to do what their teachers sometimes...

The distinction between the mathematical method and the scientific is seen in the agonies of very young children to do what their teachers sometimes...

The distinction between the mathematical method and the scientific is seen in the agonies of very young children to do what their teachers sometimes...

The distinction between the mathematical method and the scientific is seen in the agonies of very young children to do what their teachers sometimes...