Enterprises of great pith and moment
It has of ten been a melancholy experience to hear a cadet ask me what the point of aDDS, determinant or continuous function is. I heard similar questions when I was teaching at Rutgers. Sometimes they were asked out of genuine curiosity, but more often they have been out of sheer frustration and di...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-937902019-12-06T18:45:38Z Enterprises of great pith and moment Zhao, Liangyi. School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences DRNTU::Science::Mathematics It has of ten been a melancholy experience to hear a cadet ask me what the point of aDDS, determinant or continuous function is. I heard similar questions when I was teaching at Rutgers. Sometimes they were asked out of genuine curiosity, but more often they have been out of sheer frustration and disinterest. Indeed, there is nothing more dis-heartening than hearing skepticism about the value of your intellectual activities. Accepted version 2011-10-14T08:34:22Z 2019-12-06T18:45:38Z 2011-10-14T08:34:22Z 2019-12-06T18:45:38Z 2004 2004 Journal Article Zhao, L. (2004). Enterprises of Great Pith and Moment. Mathematica Militaris. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93790 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7269 93058 en Mathematica militaris © 2004 Mathematica Militaris. 3 p. |
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It has of ten been a melancholy experience to hear a cadet ask me what the point of aDDS, determinant or continuous function is. I heard similar questions when I was teaching at Rutgers. Sometimes they were asked out of genuine curiosity, but more often they have been out of sheer frustration and disinterest. Indeed, there is nothing more dis-heartening than hearing skepticism about the value of your intellectual activities. |
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