Word: theorems
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...endlessly rearranging "golden beads," the children quickly learn the rational order of tens, hundreds and thousands, then addition, multiplication, subtraction and division, in that logical order, going on to square roots and the binomial theorem at the age of six. They are so fascinated with numbers that they sit around adding enormous sums for fun, or writing higher and higher numbers on long strips of paper. "I'm going to 60,000 today," said one somber four-year-old last week, as the teacher handed him another yard of paper...
...press conference: "We have tried to achieve an exciting design in architecture as well as allowing the birds as much light and freedom as possible." London critics looked at a model of the angular, chichi aviary and formed their own opinions. Among them: "An attempt to disprove some geometric theorem," "An Aeolian harp gone awry." Said the Guardian: "The idea of a bird in a gilded cage occurred to many...
Around this basic maneuver Schwartzwalder has built a system of plays that unfold with the relentless logic of a theorem in geometry. "We keep slamming that fullback off-tackle, and the defense has to bunch up to stop us. So the quarterback will fake the ball to the fullback and run outside himself, or pitch out to the tailback who's trailing him. Now they've got to bring up their secondary. That leaves them weak for option passes thrown by the tailback...