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A century of textbooks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Douglas Quadling
Douglas Quadling*
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In 1952 I was invited, with teachers of mathematics from many other schools, to a reception hosted by the Cambridge University Press. The guest of honour was A. W. Siddons, and the purpose was to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the initiation of Godfrey and Siddons’ first book: Elementary Geometry. There can be few authors who survive to enjoy such an occasion; fewer still whose book remains in print and continues to sell well after fifty years. But this was a book which marked a turning-point in the teaching of mathematics, and set a standard for mathematical education which remains relevant as we approach the end of the century.

Type
Mathematics Teaching - Past and Future
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 80 , Issue 487 , March 1996 , pp. 119 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1996

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