Comments on: Walter Warwick Sawyer, 1911-2008 http://unlearningmath.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/ math as a garden, friendly and always new Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anne Sawyer Leon http://unlearningmath.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-424 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:49:56 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-424 oops, I am Sawyer’s daughter..my on screen note just disappeared…did it arrive?
If not, thank you!!!
More info. available if you wish, including Sawyer Memorial in India.
How can I contact Michelle Sawyer Mitchell who is on your site?
Many thanks,
Anne

]]> By: Anne Sawyer Leon http://unlearningmath.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-423 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:47:03 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-423 Thank you from W.W.Sawyer’s daughter! I was looking for information regarding my extensive communications with people in India who are setting up a Sawyer Memorial room(!) and came across your site. Much has been happening since his death but I am glad to say I could read their leter to their Guru a couple of years before he died.

]]> By: Henrique Nunes http://unlearningmath.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-271 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:55:13 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-271 Extraordinary and brilliant math teacher and writer.

]]> By: Amir Zamani http://unlearningmath.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-269 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:09:21 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-269 There is some people who are an absolute picture of love and giving , i can only thank him !

]]> By: Michelle Sawyer Mitchell http://unlearningmath.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-237 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:04:39 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-237 Hello,
Since my father, John Sawyer, has done extensive genealogy of our family name, and our roots trace back to 17th century England and Scotland, I am so curious about Prof.Sawyer.

I quite accidentally came upon his name whilst searching for a tolerant (for my son) explanation for my 17 year old son’s excessive perspiration. I know the reason for it, but he’s the type that needs to see it in print.

Strangely, Prof. Sawyer commented on the perspiration of a group of 17 year old boys during a study in 1943. My mother was born in 1942. My query had nothing to do with mathematics, but I saw his name and read his story. I am most intrigued.

Clearly, the – uncategorized- author of this most special obituary was moved by Prof. Sawyer’s brilliance combined with humility and his passion for educating others.

If anyone reads this message, is there any way someone would email me with a further history of this amazing man? Nothing too detailed, just a brief, but more personal update toward who I might look to for further information.

Sincerely,
Michelle S. Mitchell

]]> By: Napier’s Logs « Learning and Unlearning Math http://unlearningmath.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-3 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:23:29 +0000 http://bertspeelpenning.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/walter-warwick-sawyer-1911-2008/#comment-3 [...] 6, 2009 · No Comments (In an earlier post, I referred to a way to understand the invention of logarithms by John Napier.  This post fleshes [...]

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