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TO a great many people the assertion that the teaching of geometry from Euclid's book in the schools—and especially in the preparatory schools—is a positive hindrance to the teaching of science will be regarded as paradoxical, if not, indeed, erroneous. Yet I do make the assertion; and I base my confidence in its truth mainly on the experience which I have gained as an examiner of boys who have finished their school education.
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MINCHIN, G. Geometry Versus Euclid. Nature 59, 369–370 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/059369b0
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