 | Alfred Fouillée - Education - 1892 - 380 pages
...mathematical book that is worth anything must be read ' backwards and forwards." If I may use the expres-ion, I would modify Lagrange's advice a little and say,...its importance, or found the need for it further on" (Tr.). t La Fontaine's Fables : " Le chat, la belette, et le jeune lapin." " Jean lapin allegue la... | |
 | Arthur Lefevre - Algebra - 1896 - 242 pages
...forwards, and in special topics. As Professor Chrystal says in the preface to his Text Book of Algebra, " When you come on a hard or dreary passage, pass it...its importance or found the need for it further on." XV. SOME THEOREMS AND PROBLEMS. 238. Every primary number is a multiple (§ 83) of one and of itself... | |
 | Robert Édouard Moritz - Mathematics - 1914 - 434 pages
...Studies and other Essays (London, 1873), p. 68. 607. Every mathematical book that is worth reading must be read "backwards and forwards," if I may use...its importance or found the need for it further on. CHRYSTAL, GEORGE. Algebra, Part 2 (Edinburgh, 1889), Preface, p. 8. 608. The large collection of problems... | |
 | Mathematics - 1917 - 140 pages
...reliable record of intellectual progress. CAJORI, F. Every mathematical book that is worth reading must be read "backwards and forwards," if I may use...after you have seen its importance or found the need of it further on. CHESTAL, GEORGE. A general course in mathematics should be required of all ofiicers... | |
 | Mathematics - 1915 - 830 pages
...advice a little and say, "Go on, but often return to strengthen your faith." When you come on ahard or dreary passage, pass it over; and come back to...after you have seen its importance or found the need of it further on. CHRSTAL, GEORGE. . A general course in mathematics should be required of all officers... | |
 | Claude Irwin Palmer - Calculus - 1924 - 476 pages
...is given from the preface of Chrystal's "Algebra." " Every mathematical book that is worth reading must be read 'backwards and forwards,' if I may use...after you have seen its importance or found the need of it further on." CONTENTS PAO» PREFACE vu A WORD то THE STUDENT ix CHAPTER I FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS... | |
 | David M. Bishop - Science - 1993 - 338 pages
...by George Chrystal in the preface to his book Algebra: Every mathematical book that is worth reading must be read "backwards and forwards", if I may use...its importance or found the need for it further on. Finally, a word of encouragement to those who are frightened by mathematics. The mathematics involved... | |
 | C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither - Mathematics - 1998 - 506 pages
...Twins, Cayley and Sylvester (p. 341) Chrystal, George Every mathematical book that is worth reading must be read "backwards and forwards," if I may use...its importance or found the need for it further on. Algebra Part II Preface (p. ix) I Colton, Walter He that gives a portion of his time and talent to... | |
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Every mathematical book that is worth reading must be read "backwards and forwards," if I may use the expression. I would modify Lagrange's advice a little and say, "Go on, but often return to strengthen your faith." When you come on a hard or dreary... 