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1、WhatIsGeometry?The1982PresidentialAddressAuthor(s):MichaelAtiyahSource:TheMathematicalGazette,Vol.66,No.437(Oct.,1982),pp.179-184Publishedby:TheMathematicalAssociationStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3616542Accessed:24/07/200920:04YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceofJST
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5、reinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org.TheMathematicalAssociationiscollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoTheMathematicalGazette.http://www.jstor.orgTheMathematicalGazetteAJOURNALOFTHEMATHEMATICALASSOCIATIONVol.66October1982No.437Whatisgeometry?The1982P
6、residentialaddressMICHAELATIYAH1.HistoryOfallthechangesthathavetakenplaceinthemathematicalcurriculum,bothinschoolsanduniversities,nothingismorestrikingthanthedeclineinthecentralroleofgeometry.Euclideangeometry,togetherwiththealliedsubjectofprojectivegeometry,hasbeendethronedandinsomeplac
7、esalmostbanishedfromthescene.Whileeducationalreformwascertainlyneededthereisalwaysthedangerthatthependulummayswingtoofartheotherwayandthatinsufficientattentionmaybepaidtogeometryinitsvariousforms.Muchofthedifficultyherecentresroundtheelusivenatureofthesubject:Whatisgeomet
