It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Monday, May 8, 2023

A Simple Poem Dedicated To Mary Dolciani

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Simplify
let not Confusion's leer
spit in your eye
 
Simplify
—don't be demanding—
climb the first steps
to the peak
of Understanding
 
Simplify
avoid Untruth
and the appearance of
the bloody tooth

Enjoy the music and
Simplify,
the cousin family of
James and Bobby 
***

© PAUL OLIVERIO  ©


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  1. AnonymousMay 8, 2023 at 10:01 AM

    Who is Mary Dolciani?

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    1. AnonymousMay 8, 2023 at 10:17 AM

      Ms. Dolciani authored a legendary high school Geometry book
      with dead-eye clarity and a slew of transparencies.

      I had dreams that she was the life-long companion
      of Isidore Dressler, an equally legendary Math author
      whose PAPERBACK Algebra book introduced me
      to my "favorite" math book word: Simplify.


      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_P._Dolciani


      Unfortunately, hyperlinks to Mr. Dressler are much too long
      for inclusion here










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