Prelude to Mathematics wrote down the old man's

wrote down the old man's stories — as well as many chants — for the most part just as he told them

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Prelude to Mathematics wrote down the old man's"No mathematician can be a complete mathematician unless he is also something of a poet." K. Weierstrass In this lively and stimulating account, noted mathematician and educator W. W. Sawyer (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto) defines mathematics as "the classification and study of all possible patterns." It is a broad definition, but one that seems appropriate to the great scope and depth of the topic. Indeed, mathematics seems to have few