Hyman Bass ✓

2 quotes in 42 categories

American mathematician

About Hyman Bass

Hyman Bass is an American mathematician, known for work in algebra and in mathematics education. From 1959 to 1998 he was Professor in the Mathematics Department at Columbia University. He is currently the Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Michigan.

Notable works:

Tree lattices

All Hyman Bass Quotes

Pedagogy, like language itself, can either liberate or imprison ideas, inspire of suffocate constructive thinking. Constructive
Mathematics is one of the deepest and most powerful expressions of pure human reason, and, at the same time, the most fundamental resource for description… Analysis

Browse Hyman Bass Quotes by Category