A recent news article in The Hofstra Chronicle opens with a statement attributed to John Adams that begins something like this:
I must study Politiks and War that my sons
may have liberty to study ...
And then, questions begin --
is it painting and poetry
or mathematics and philosophy that should follow.
But why must a divide be proposed?
Whether mathematics or painting or philosophy or poetry, let us connect the best thoughts of each -- let our STEM be STEAM. In this vein, consider the opening stanza of "To Divine Proportion,"a sonnet by Rafael Alberti (translated from the Spanish by Carolyn Tipton):
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Monday, April 30, 2018
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