Florian Cajori Quote

One of the most baneful delusions by which the minds, not only of students, but even of many teachers of mathematics in our classical colleges, have been afflicted is that mathematics can be mastered by the favored few, but lies beyond the grasp and power of the ordinary mind.


The Teaching and History of Mathematics in the United States, Chapter III (p. 100), Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 1890


One of the most baneful delusions by which the minds, not only of students, but even of many teachers of mathematics in our classical colleges, have...

One of the most baneful delusions by which the minds, not only of students, but even of many teachers of mathematics in our classical colleges, have...

One of the most baneful delusions by which the minds, not only of students, but even of many teachers of mathematics in our classical colleges, have...

One of the most baneful delusions by which the minds, not only of students, but even of many teachers of mathematics in our classical colleges, have...