Periodicals>Magazine Article: Pólya, George (1973), A Story With A Moral, Mathematical Gazette (Jun 1973), 57, No. 400, 86-87, (Jun 1973), 57, No. 400, 86-87, Retrieved on 2012-06-21
Memes
21 JUN 2012
Mathematicians Who Can Only Generalize or Specialize
A mathematician who can only generalise is like a monkey who can only climb UP a tree. ... And a mathematician who can only specialise is like a monkey who can only climb DOWN a tree. In fact neither the up monkey nor the down monkey is a viable creature. A real monkey must find food and escape his enemies and so must be able to incessantly climb up and down. A real mathematician must be able to generalise and specialise. ... There is, I think, a moral for the teacher. A teacher of traditiona...Folksonomies: mathematics methodology
Folksonomies: mathematics methodology
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notesThey are like monkeys that can only climb either up or down a tree, nonviable.
