9689 Freudenthal | Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. |
Hans Freudenthal (1905-1990), a former president of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, was known for his effort to reform mathematical education and the didactics used to teach mathematics. He wrote not only about mathematics and astronomy but was also a writer of essays and poems. |
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