Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
“All mathematical proofs must be deductive. Each proof is a chain of deductive arguments, each of which has its premises and conclusion.” — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any, ties to… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Though determinants and matrices received a great deal of attention in the nineteenth century and thousands of papers were written on these… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
The writing in mathematics text is not only laconic to a fault; it is cold, monotonous, dry, dull, and even ungrammatical... The… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Actually, most mathematics courses do not teach reasoning of any kind. Students are so baffled by the material that they are obliged… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for creative activity… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
“Because we are forced to learn about numbers and operations with numbers while we are still too young to appreciate them—a preparation… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
In brief, the whole world is the totality of mathematically expressible motions of objects in space and time, and the entire universe is a… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Though determinants and matrices received a great deal of attention in the nineteenth century and thousands of papers were written on these subjects, they… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
“All mathematical proofs must be deductive. Each proof is a chain of deductive arguments, each of which has its premises and conclusion.” — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
Every paper published in a respectable journal should have a preface by the author stating why he is publishing the article, and what value… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
A elegantly executed proof is a poem in all but the form in which it is written. — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
![“[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or to be accepted by students solely on the basis of the teacher's assurance that it will be helpful in later life. [And yet,] mathematlcs is the key to…” quote by Morris Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/923/morris-kline-25507_accepted_the-error-in-the-teaching-of-mathematics_1484251.jpg)
