Ivor Grattan-Guinness Quotes & Sayings

It [ non-Euclidean geometry ] would be ranked among the most famous achievements of the entire [nineteenth] century, but up to 1860 the interest was rather slight. — Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Non-Newtonian calculi ... have considerable potential as alternative approaches to traditional problems. — Ivor Grattan-Guinness

From the 3rd century onwards, orthodox Christianity, based on a Hebrew story and worshipping the Jew Jesus, also led many campaigns of anti-Semitism. — Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Mathematics is one of the most basic
and most ancient
types of knowledge. Yet the details of its historical development remain obscure to all but a few specialists. — Ivor Grattan-Guinness

In addition, the teaching of theories from axioms, or some close imitation of them such as the basic laws of an algebra, is usually an educational disaster. — Ivor Grattan-Guinness