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"Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for"

"Well, Mr Cooke, I am not sure you are entirely suitable for head of Maths. And, in fact, I am starting to wonder why you are in teaching at all."

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Walter Tross
Walter Tross
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You must admit, though, that soon no-one will know what a slide rule was for...
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Walter Tross @Schroedinger Engineers don't do Maths, they calculate

edit: while doing engineering. I'm sure that there exist some engineer somewhere who proved a theorem or ten in their spare time or something.

@Walter Tross @Schroedinger
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Walter Tross
Walter Tross
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@valhalla
OK, I see what you mean. Maybe it's me, not being a native English speaker, who doesn't know the exact meaning of "doing maths" (or "math", in the USA)
@SteveClough
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Walter Tross @Schroedinger I'm not a native English speaker either, so maybe it was me using as literal translation of my native language that isn't the standard English usage :)
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Schroedinger
Schroedinger
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@valhalla @waltertross They use maths.

They don't do academic maths. But in the context, they use the maths that was taught in school

@Elena ``of Valhalla'' @Walter Tross

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