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Some recent discoveries in elementary geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Paul Scott
Paul Scott*
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Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005
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I have always disagreed with government ministers who assert that it is a good idea to separate teaching from research at the universities. For I believe that with mathematics, research and good teaching go hand in hand. And if we interpret ‘research’ in its widest terms of questioning, discovery, involvement, etc, then I believe that the same holds true at the school level. Mathematics needs to be taught as a vibrant, living subject which challenges the intellect and the imagination, not as a dusty collection of historical facts. Further, asking questions is just as much fun as answering them!

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 81 , Issue 492 , November 1997 , pp. 391 - 397
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1997

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