In the late 18th century, Charles II set up a mathematics course for forty pupils at the famous Bluecoat school in London. But teachers found it hard to satisfy both the sailors and the mathematicians. The governors of the school, noting that many great sailors had done well enough without mathematics, asked whether future sailors really needed it. On the side of mathematics, Sir Isaac Newton argued that the old rules of thumb were no longer good enough. Daniel Boorstin - "The Discoverers"
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