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A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
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Between the penis and the mathematical one . . . there exists
nothing. Nothing! It is a vacuum.
[Fr., Entre le penis et les mathematiques . . . il n'existe rien.
Rien! C'est le vide.]
To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences
is to invite the sterility of a cow shut read more
To isolate mathematics from the practical demands of the sciences
is to invite the sterility of a cow shut away from the bulls.
[I]t would be better for the true physics if there were no
mathematicians on earth.
[I]t would be better for the true physics if there were no
mathematicians on earth.
A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he
has given.
A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he
has given.
He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his
tail.
He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his
tail.
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you
that mine are greater.
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you
that mine are greater.
The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.
The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of
human thought independent of experience, is so read more
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of
human thought independent of experience, is so admirably adapted
to the objects of reality?
