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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.
[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.
One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into read more
One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its
thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful
theories.
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.
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other read more
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which
marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other
sciences.
...beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a read more
...beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes
Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all
knowledge.
Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all
knowledge.
