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Jean J. Pedersen
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mathematician and author , Professor of Mathematics at Santa Clara University, has coauthored several books on mathematical topics, including (with Peter Hilton), A Mathematical Tapestry: Demonstrating the Beautiful Unity of Mathematics, (2010).
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Science Quotes by Jean J. Pedersen (1 quote)
Geometry is a skill of the eyes and the hands as well as of the mind.
— Jean J. Pedersen
In 'Why We Still Need to Teach Geometry', Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Mathematical Education (1983), 159. As quoted and cited in John Del Grande, 'Spacial Sense', The Arithmetic Teacher (Feb 1990), 37, No. 6, 15.
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) -- 
