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Originally Posted by Rebesques  That explains a lot about today's general ignorance about the subject |
I must ask you to expand on that observation. What does it mean?
What do you know about George Polya and any of his students?
The Mathematics Genealogy Project - George Pólya
Did you read the links to Keith Devlin’s articles about his assessment of RL Moore that I posted above? Polya was a great admirer of Moore and the Moore Method, as is Paul Halmos. There I have named three of the greatest mathematicians who were also great teachers in the 20th century.