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The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics
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.]
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.
Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be
presented in an entirely undogmatic way.
Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be
presented in an entirely undogmatic way.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide
to take no more mathematics courses. They might read more
I advise my students to listen carefully the moment they decide
to take no more mathematics courses. They might be able to hear
the sound of closing doors. Everybody a mathematician?
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.
It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.
It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated
observation, that mathematics is a human invention.
