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Jesefina Alvarez
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Spanish-American mathematician who became Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, New Mexico State University. She writes and presents mathematics, mainly for mathematics students and for general mathematical audiences.
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Science Quotes by Jesefina Alvarez (2 quotes)
Mathematics appreciation is more than a course. It is an attitude that we should cultivate in every mathematics course.
— Jesefina Alvarez
In 'Loving Math Infinitely', The Chronicle of Higher Education (19 Jan 2001).
When students hear the story of Andrew J. Wiles’ proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, it is not the result itself that stirs their emotions, but the revelation that a mathematician was driven by the same passion as any creative artist.
— Jesefina Alvarez
In 'Loving Math Infinitely', The Chronicle of Higher Education (19 Jan 2001).
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
