"Conta-se que um dia um aluno de Euclides, resolvendo ser espirituoso, depois de aprender a primeira proposição de geometria lhe perguntou para que servia a Geometria. Como única resposta, o mestre mandou dar-lhe uma moeda e expulsou-o..."
O programa infantil Zig Zag , da RTP2, integra desde 23 de Setembro os episódios da série Visiokids , que visa “divulgar a ciência de modo informal e divertido”. ( Pode ler + )
I have always liked the concept of universities as they were in Ancient Greece, where folks who had something cool to say would just come and say it. It wasn't about recognition; the impetus was the thought that you were resonating with ideas. Donald E. Knuth
“There are thousands and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they work long, hard hours at jobs they hate to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.” Nigel Marsh