Mathematics Is Not Only Real, But It

Biographical History, As Taught In Our Public Schools, Is Still Largely A History Of Boneheads; Ridiculous Kings And Queens, Paranoid Political Leaders, Compulsive Voyagers, Ignorant General The Flotsam And Jetsam Of Historical Currents. The Men Who Radically Altered History, The Great Scientists And Mathematicians, Are Seldom Mentioned, If At All.

The Violence And Double-talk In The Alice Books Probably Does No Harm To Children, But The Novels Should Not Be Allowed To Circulate Indiscriminately Among Adults Who Are Undergoing Analysis.

If Present Trends Continue, Our Country May Soon Find Itself Far Behind Many Other Nations In Both Science And Technology Nations Where, If You Inform Strangers That You Are A Mathematician, They Respond With Admiration And Not By Telling You How Much They Hated Math In School, And How They Sure Could Use You To Balance Their Checkbooks.

The Universe Is Almost Like A Huge Magic Trick And Scientists Are Trying To Figure Out How It Does What It Does.

Although Lewis Carroll Thought Of The Hunting Of The Snark As A Nonsense Ballad For Children, It Is Hard To Imagine - In Fact One Shudders To Imagine - A Child Of Today Reading And Enjoying It.