Re: Reconsidering Halton Arp

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
   [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Grubb) wrote:
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>And they were aware of that, of course. But they had no mathematical
>way of thinking about it. Remember that ratios were *not fractions* for 
>these people. They could talk about equal ratios, but did not consider
>ratios to be numbers. Furthermore, the ratio of say, an area to a
>length was just not allowed, let alone a ratio of a length to a time.
>It really was a major advance to be able to think about velocity
>as a separate thing and as a ratio.

Think about what you're saying.  Even one and two-year olds know
about ratios.  Haven't you ever had to deal with "He got more than
I did!!  Boo Hoo."  People know about ratios w.r.t. meting out
portions.

/BAH

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