Subject: Re: [HM] Euclid and USA Politics (was: "President Garfield's Proof")
From: Karen Dee Michalowicz (KarenDM@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jan 27 2000 - 21:58:27 EST
I have enjoyed the discussion that my original message brought. The message
said:
"I am so happy that after all that has happened in US politics
in the last generation my colleagues can see that there was
a US politician beside Jefferson who knew some mathematics."
I am also pleased that my global colleagues have noticed my country's
founders had studied Euclid. "We hold these truths to be self evident..."
Our Declaration of Independence is very Euclidean. Sadly, most of the
presidents/political leaders mentioned were products of the 19th century.
While we've had several presidents in the 20th century serve as University
presidents, they could not hold a light to Jefferson. (Could I be prejudice
because I live in Jefferson's home state and hold a post graduate degree
from the University of Virginia? Humm. Maybe.)
I thank everyone for their comments and web sites.
Another question. Albert Einstein was to have said that he considered
Emmy Noether the greatest mathematician he ever met. What do you think?
I'm doing some research on Noether.
Cheers,
Karen Dee M.
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