Royal Roads
“Here were assertions, as for example the intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle in one point,
— Albert Einstein
on his “holy geometry book”
(entry of 3/14/04)
“We’ll try to understand
how people decide what is true.”
— Nathaniel Miller
on his geometry course
“People make up stories
about what they experience.
Stories that catch on are called ‘true.’ “
— Richard J. Trudeau
on his geometry course
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“There is no royal road to geometry.” — Saying attributed to Euclid “The royal road to knowledge, — Nathaniel Miller‘s Prison-Abuse Panel is Third — Headline from today’s “The royal road to ruin — George W. Bush’s |