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Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
 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. 
 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. 
Revolutions never occur in mathematics.
Revolutions never occur in mathematics.
 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. 
 As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not 
certain, and as far as they read more 
 As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not 
certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to 
reality. 
The Handmaiden of the Sciences.
The Handmaiden of the Sciences.
 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. 
Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.
Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.