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Revolutions never occur in mathematics.
Revolutions never occur in mathematics.
The Handmaiden of the Sciences.
The Handmaiden of the Sciences.
 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? 
 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. 
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
 As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can 
be perceived but not explained.  
 As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can 
be perceived but not explained. 
 With me everything turns into mathematics.
 [Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.]  
 With me everything turns into mathematics.
 [Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.] 
 Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but 
supreme beauty--a beauty cold and austere, like that of 
sculpture.  
 Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but 
supreme beauty--a beauty cold and austere, like that of 
sculpture. 
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics