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Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness (23 June 1941 – 12 December 2014) was a historian of mathematics and logic.

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Mathematics is one of the most basic -- and most ancient -- types of knowledge. Yet the details of its historical development remain obscure to all but a few specialists.

Historical, Details, Development, Remain, Specialists

It [ non-Euclidean geometry ] would be ranked among the most famous achievements of the entire [nineteenth] century, but up to 1860 the interest was rather slight.

Achievement, Would Be, Century, Interest, Famous

From the 3rd century onwards, orthodox Christianity, based on a Hebrew story and worshipping the Jew Jesus, also led many campaigns of anti-Semitism.

Jesus, Campaigns, Stories, Story, Hebrew, Christianity

In addition, the teaching of theories from axioms, or some close imitation of them such as the basic laws of an algebra, is usually an educational disaster.

Educational, Teaching, Law, Laws

Non-Newtonian calculi. . . have considerable potential as alternative approaches to traditional problems.

Alternatives, Approach, Approaches, Problem, Problems, Traditional

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