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With no laboratory demands, math concentrators find time to take courses in the humanities and other fields. But because mathematics is abstract and symbolic, it requires, in addition to a logical mind, an ability for formal manipulation and a measure of imagination...
These abilities are absolutely necessary in advanced courses, and students should not be misled by easy success in Math. 1 or 2. Courses become increasingly abstract, and the emphasis is less on formula solving, more on logical thinking. Only those receiving honor grades in the elementary courses should consider concentrating in his field...
Concentrators must take a minimum of four courses in the Department, and two other courses which have mathematical prerequisites. Especially recommended are courses in Physics, Applied Science, and Astronomy. Only one of these courses may be of freshman level. Physics 1, a freshman courses with no math prerequisites, may be included if passed with an honor grade...
...line in their teaching. The Communist Party in this country is not so perfectly organized that naive teachers cannot hold dormant membership without being read out. They are unfaithful Communists and politically stupid men. But only when their Communism affects their teaching should they exit. Communists can certainly teach math, physics, or languages so long as they can meet the AAU's other standards...
...somehow he managed to come out of it all. He got his Ph.D. at 18, and did graduate work in philosophy under Bertrand Russell, John Dewey, Josiah Royce and George Santayana. For a time he vacillated between mathematics and philosophy, finally chose math, with brilliant results. Looking back on his youth, Norbert Wiener tries hard to strike a judicious balance. He still admires the standards of scholarship and devotion to intellectual matters he learned from his father. He cannot help agreeing with papa that it was worth learning geometry, Greek, Latin and German "at an age when most boys...