A considreable portion of my high school trigonometry course was devoted to the solution of oblique triangles... I have still not had an excuse for using my talents for solving oblique triangles. If a professional mathematician never uses these dull… — John G. Kemeny Copy Share Image
The only reason psychology students don't have to do more and harder mathematics than physics students is because the mathematicians haven't yet discovered ways of dealing with problems as hard as those in psychology. — John G. Kemeny Copy Share Image
A considreable portion of my high school trigonometry course was devoted to the solution of oblique triangles... I have still not had an excuse… — John G. Kemeny Copy Share Image
The man ignorant of mathematics will be increasingly limited in his grasp of the main forces of civilization. — John G. Kemeny Copy Share Image
If you have a large number of unrelated ideas, you have to get quite a distance away from them to get a view of… — John G. Kemeny Copy Share Image
...it is the greatest achievement of a teacher to enable his students to surpass him. — John G. Kemeny Copy Share Image
The only reason psychology students don't have to do more and harder mathematics than physics students is because the mathematicians haven't yet discovered ways… — John G. Kemeny Copy Share Image
