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Among many other roles outside MIT, Rota was also a consultant with the Rand Corporation from 1966 to 1971 and with the Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1969 to 1973.
More: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Image credit, in the 1st post: MIT
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Among many other roles outside MIT, Rota was also a consultant with the Rand Corporation from 1966 to 1971 and with the Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1969 to 1973.
More: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Image credit, in the 1st post: MIT
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Gian-Carlo Rota - Biography
Gian-Carlo Rota was an Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher.
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Among many other roles outside MIT, Rota was also a consultant with the Rand Corporation from 1966 to 1971 and with the Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1969 to 1973.
More: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Image credit, in the 1st post: MIT
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Among many other roles outside MIT, Rota was also a consultant with the Rand Corporation from 1966 to 1971 and with the Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1969 to 1973.
More: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Image credit, in the 1st post: MIT
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26 April 1920: the great mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan passed away.
"An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God."
— S. Ramanujan
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
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26 April 1920: the great mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan passed away.
"An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God."
— S. Ramanujan
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday #MTBoS
April 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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26 April 1920: the great mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan passed away.
"An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God."
— S. Ramanujan
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday #MTBoS
26 April 1920: the great mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan passed away.
"An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God."
— S. Ramanujan
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday #MTBoS
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which has greatly influenced the development and growth of some of the best research work in mathematics.
Further reading➡️ www.imsc.res.in/~rao/ramanuj...
Both images in the first post are from Wikimedia Commons.
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which has greatly influenced the development and growth of some of the best research work in mathematics.
Further reading➡️ www.imsc.res.in/~rao/ramanuj...
Both images in the first post are from Wikimedia Commons.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan , a Mathematical Genius
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April 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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which has greatly influenced the development and growth of some of the best research work in mathematics.
Further reading➡️ www.imsc.res.in/~rao/ramanuj...
Both images in the first post are from Wikimedia Commons.
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which has greatly influenced the development and growth of some of the best research work in mathematics.
Further reading➡️ www.imsc.res.in/~rao/ramanuj...
Both images in the first post are from Wikimedia Commons.
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Ramanujan has been compared with all-time greats Gauss, Euler and Jacobi, for his natural mathematical genius. Despite his short life-span, he left behind an incredibly vast and significant amount of original work,
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Ramanujan has been compared with all-time greats Gauss, Euler and Jacobi, for his natural mathematical genius. Despite his short life-span, he left behind an incredibly vast and significant amount of original work,
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April 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Ramanujan has been compared with all-time greats Gauss, Euler and Jacobi, for his natural mathematical genius. Despite his short life-span, he left behind an incredibly vast and significant amount of original work,
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday #MTBoS
Ramanujan has been compared with all-time greats Gauss, Euler and Jacobi, for his natural mathematical genius. Despite his short life-span, he left behind an incredibly vast and significant amount of original work,
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday #MTBoS
A few days left to submit an abstract!
More info at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histsci #histmaths #histpsych #histSTM
More info at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histsci #histmaths #histpsych #histSTM
Good news, everyone!
Deadline to SAHMS 2025 has been extended to October, 28!
Get those abstracts in!
And as always questions can be sent to [email protected] and more info can be found at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histSTM #histpsych #histmaths #medhums #envhums
Deadline to SAHMS 2025 has been extended to October, 28!
Get those abstracts in!
And as always questions can be sent to [email protected] and more info can be found at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histSTM #histpsych #histmaths #medhums #envhums
October 25, 2024 at 5:44 PM
A few days left to submit an abstract!
More info at www.sahms.net
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More info at www.sahms.net
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Our CFP is still open! 😀
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Visit www.sahms.wildapricot.org for more information.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our CFP is still open! 😀
Visit www.sahms.wildapricot.org for more information.
#histmed #histsci #histSTEM #histmaths #medhums
Visit www.sahms.wildapricot.org for more information.
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“a leading innovator and theorist in the transformation of combinatorics from a disparate collection of facts and techniques unworthy of serious mathematical consideration into an active, systematic, and profound branch of modern pure and applied mathematics.”
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“a leading innovator and theorist in the transformation of combinatorics from a disparate collection of facts and techniques unworthy of serious mathematical consideration into an active, systematic, and profound branch of modern pure and applied mathematics.”
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April 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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“a leading innovator and theorist in the transformation of combinatorics from a disparate collection of facts and techniques unworthy of serious mathematical consideration into an active, systematic, and profound branch of modern pure and applied mathematics.”
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“a leading innovator and theorist in the transformation of combinatorics from a disparate collection of facts and techniques unworthy of serious mathematical consideration into an active, systematic, and profound branch of modern pure and applied mathematics.”
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath
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He is also considered as one of the founders of the field of topology.
His 'Poincaré conjecture' remained an unsolved problem until Grigori Perelman presented a proof in three papers made available in 2002 and 2003 on arXiv.
He also devoted himself to the foundations of
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He is also considered as one of the founders of the field of topology.
His 'Poincaré conjecture' remained an unsolved problem until Grigori Perelman presented a proof in three papers made available in 2002 and 2003 on arXiv.
He also devoted himself to the foundations of
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April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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He is also considered as one of the founders of the field of topology.
His 'Poincaré conjecture' remained an unsolved problem until Grigori Perelman presented a proof in three papers made available in 2002 and 2003 on arXiv.
He also devoted himself to the foundations of
🧪⚛️ #histsci #histmaths
He is also considered as one of the founders of the field of topology.
His 'Poincaré conjecture' remained an unsolved problem until Grigori Perelman presented a proof in three papers made available in 2002 and 2003 on arXiv.
He also devoted himself to the foundations of
🧪⚛️ #histsci #histmaths
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mathematics and epistemology with very popular works, was a communicator of mathematics and physics and wrote several books for the lay public.
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Book suggestion: The Value of Science by H. Poincaré
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mathematics and epistemology with very popular works, was a communicator of mathematics and physics and wrote several books for the lay public.
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Book suggestion: The Value of Science by H. Poincaré
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Henri Poincaré - Biography
Henri Poincaré can be said to have been the originator of algebraic topology and of the theory of analytic functions of several complex variables.
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April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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mathematics and epistemology with very popular works, was a communicator of mathematics and physics and wrote several books for the lay public.
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Book suggestion: The Value of Science by H. Poincaré
🧪⚛️ #histsci #histmaths #MathsToday
mathematics and epistemology with very popular works, was a communicator of mathematics and physics and wrote several books for the lay public.
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
Book suggestion: The Value of Science by H. Poincaré
🧪⚛️ #histsci #histmaths #MathsToday
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28 April 1906: mathematician, logician & philosopher Kurt Gödel, best known for his work on the incompleteness of axiomatic mathematical systems, was born.
"Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine."
— Kurt Gödel
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28 April 1906: mathematician, logician & philosopher Kurt Gödel, best known for his work on the incompleteness of axiomatic mathematical systems, was born.
"Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine."
— Kurt Gödel
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April 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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28 April 1906: mathematician, logician & philosopher Kurt Gödel, best known for his work on the incompleteness of axiomatic mathematical systems, was born.
"Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine."
— Kurt Gödel
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28 April 1906: mathematician, logician & philosopher Kurt Gödel, best known for his work on the incompleteness of axiomatic mathematical systems, was born.
"Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine."
— Kurt Gödel
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #MathsToday
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Ramanujan, though had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, produced an exceptional output in the analytical theory of numbers, elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series.
All this before an early death at age 32.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
Ramanujan, though had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, produced an exceptional output in the analytical theory of numbers, elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series.
All this before an early death at age 32.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
April 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Ramanujan, though had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, produced an exceptional output in the analytical theory of numbers, elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series.
All this before an early death at age 32.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
Ramanujan, though had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, produced an exceptional output in the analytical theory of numbers, elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series.
All this before an early death at age 32.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
Good news, everyone!
Deadline to SAHMS 2025 has been extended to October, 28!
Get those abstracts in!
And as always questions can be sent to [email protected] and more info can be found at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histSTM #histpsych #histmaths #medhums #envhums
Deadline to SAHMS 2025 has been extended to October, 28!
Get those abstracts in!
And as always questions can be sent to [email protected] and more info can be found at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histSTM #histpsych #histmaths #medhums #envhums
October 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Good news, everyone!
Deadline to SAHMS 2025 has been extended to October, 28!
Get those abstracts in!
And as always questions can be sent to [email protected] and more info can be found at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histSTM #histpsych #histmaths #medhums #envhums
Deadline to SAHMS 2025 has been extended to October, 28!
Get those abstracts in!
And as always questions can be sent to [email protected] and more info can be found at www.sahms.net
#histmed #histSTM #histpsych #histmaths #medhums #envhums
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Gödel is regarded as one of the greatest logicians of all time together with Frege and Aristotle.
His research had a significant impact, as well as on mathematical and computer science thinking, also on the philosophical thinking of the 20th century.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
Gödel is regarded as one of the greatest logicians of all time together with Frege and Aristotle.
His research had a significant impact, as well as on mathematical and computer science thinking, also on the philosophical thinking of the 20th century.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
April 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Gödel is regarded as one of the greatest logicians of all time together with Frege and Aristotle.
His research had a significant impact, as well as on mathematical and computer science thinking, also on the philosophical thinking of the 20th century.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
Gödel is regarded as one of the greatest logicians of all time together with Frege and Aristotle.
His research had a significant impact, as well as on mathematical and computer science thinking, also on the philosophical thinking of the 20th century.
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
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The Steele Prize citation, received by Rota in 1988, singles out his 1964 paper 'On the Foundations of Combinatorial Theory' as:
"...the single paper most responsible for the revolution that incorporated combinatorics into the mainstream of modern mathematics."
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath
The Steele Prize citation, received by Rota in 1988, singles out his 1964 paper 'On the Foundations of Combinatorial Theory' as:
"...the single paper most responsible for the revolution that incorporated combinatorics into the mainstream of modern mathematics."
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath
April 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The Steele Prize citation, received by Rota in 1988, singles out his 1964 paper 'On the Foundations of Combinatorial Theory' as:
"...the single paper most responsible for the revolution that incorporated combinatorics into the mainstream of modern mathematics."
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath
The Steele Prize citation, received by Rota in 1988, singles out his 1964 paper 'On the Foundations of Combinatorial Theory' as:
"...the single paper most responsible for the revolution that incorporated combinatorics into the mainstream of modern mathematics."
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath
A reminder that the deadline for our virtual conference is fast approaching!
#histmed #histsci #histSTM #histpsych #medhums #histmaths
#histmed #histsci #histSTM #histpsych #medhums #histmaths
📢CFP: SAHMS Virtual Student Conference's back!
Students interested in the history of medicine and science: We’d love to hear from you!
When? Sept 26 2025
Where? Online
Abstracts: by July 11, 300words, using docs.google.com/forms/d/1jUI...
Papers: max 15min
Fee: $30
Info: [email protected]
Students interested in the history of medicine and science: We’d love to hear from you!
When? Sept 26 2025
Where? Online
Abstracts: by July 11, 300words, using docs.google.com/forms/d/1jUI...
Papers: max 15min
Fee: $30
Info: [email protected]
SAHMS Virtual Conference - Abstract Submission
Thanks for your interest in presenting at the 2025 virtual conference, taking place on September 26, 2025.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words are due July 11, 2025.
For some tips on writing histo...
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A reminder that the deadline for our virtual conference is fast approaching!
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RT @beckyfh Another push for last night's post | Histories of mathematics (pure, social and pedagogical) http://wp.me/pwPDj-f4 #histmaths
Histories of mathematics
Although I am currently writing a chapter on biographical...
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"Kurt Gödel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental—indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time."
— John von Neumann
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
"Kurt Gödel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental—indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time."
— John von Neumann
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
Kurt Gödel - Biography
Gödel proved fundamental results about axiomatic systems showing in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system.
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April 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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"Kurt Gödel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental—indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time."
— John von Neumann
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
"Kurt Gödel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental—indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time."
— John von Neumann
A biography➡️ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/...
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #mathsky #MathsToday
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where he worked in combinatorics, functional analysis, probability theory, and phenomenology.
As the recipient of the 1996–1997 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, was described by the Killian Award Committee as
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where he worked in combinatorics, functional analysis, probability theory, and phenomenology.
As the recipient of the 1996–1997 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, was described by the Killian Award Committee as
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April 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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where he worked in combinatorics, functional analysis, probability theory, and phenomenology.
As the recipient of the 1996–1997 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, was described by the Killian Award Committee as
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
where he worked in combinatorics, functional analysis, probability theory, and phenomenology.
As the recipient of the 1996–1997 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, was described by the Killian Award Committee as
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
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29 April 1854: the great Henri Poincaré was born.
"A scientist worthy of the name, above all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same Nature."
— Henri Poincaré
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29 April 1854: the great Henri Poincaré was born.
"A scientist worthy of the name, above all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same Nature."
— Henri Poincaré
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April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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29 April 1854: the great Henri Poincaré was born.
"A scientist worthy of the name, above all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same Nature."
— Henri Poincaré
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29 April 1854: the great Henri Poincaré was born.
"A scientist worthy of the name, above all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same Nature."
— Henri Poincaré
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“A good teacher does not teach facts, he or she teaches enthusiasm, open-mindedness and values.”
— Gian-Carlo Rota, renowned mathematician & philosopher born 27 April 1932.
He was a professor of Applied Mathematics & Philosophy at MIT⤵️
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“A good teacher does not teach facts, he or she teaches enthusiasm, open-mindedness and values.”
— Gian-Carlo Rota, renowned mathematician & philosopher born 27 April 1932.
He was a professor of Applied Mathematics & Philosophy at MIT⤵️
🧪 ⚛️ #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
April 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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“A good teacher does not teach facts, he or she teaches enthusiasm, open-mindedness and values.”
— Gian-Carlo Rota, renowned mathematician & philosopher born 27 April 1932.
He was a professor of Applied Mathematics & Philosophy at MIT⤵️
🧪 ⚛️ #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
“A good teacher does not teach facts, he or she teaches enthusiasm, open-mindedness and values.”
— Gian-Carlo Rota, renowned mathematician & philosopher born 27 April 1932.
He was a professor of Applied Mathematics & Philosophy at MIT⤵️
🧪 ⚛️ #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath #mathsky #MathsToday
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So Rota is credited with bringing his specialty area of combinatorics from darkness to significative importance.
"The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite."
— G-C Rota
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So Rota is credited with bringing his specialty area of combinatorics from darkness to significative importance.
"The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite."
— G-C Rota
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath
April 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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So Rota is credited with bringing his specialty area of combinatorics from darkness to significative importance.
"The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite."
— G-C Rota
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath
So Rota is credited with bringing his specialty area of combinatorics from darkness to significative importance.
"The progress of mathematics can be viewed as progress from the infinite to the finite."
— G-C Rota
🧪 #histsci #histmaths #iTeachMath