Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 112
ch mathematician, Biot,concerning the great scientist, Laplace: Once Laplace, having been asked about a certain point in his Celestial Mechanics/ spent nearly an hour in trying to recall thechain of reasoning which he had carelessly concealed by thewords It is easy to see. A third difficulty lies… … 102 THE TEACHING OF GEOMETRY possible, there must necessarily be some vocabulary atthe beginning. In order to minimize the difficulty ofremembering so many new terms, it is helpful to minglewith them a considerable number of exercises in whichthese terms are employed, so that they may become…
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