Arithmetic Quote by Jacques Hadamard

“To parents who despair because their children are unable to master the first problems in arithmetic I can dedicate my examples. For, in arithmetic, until the seventh grade I was last or nearly last.” quote by Jacques Hadamard — Download Open image

“To parents who despair because their children are unable to master the first problems in arithmetic I can dedicate my examples. For, in arithmetic, until the seventh grade I was last or nearly last.”

Jacques Hadamard

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