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A Mathematician's Lament "TEXTBOOK PUBLISHERS : TEACHERS :: A) pharmaceutical companies : doctors B) record companies : disk jockeys C) corporations : congr
by draggnar 15y ago
A Mathematician's Lament
"TEXTBOOK PUBLISHERS : TEACHERS ::
A) pharmaceutical companies : doctors
B) record companies : disk jockeys
C) corporations : congressmen
D) all of the above
We have millions of adults wandering around with “negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac all over 2a” in their heads, and absolutely no idea whatsoever what it means."
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