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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.
The Handmaiden of the Sciences.
The Handmaiden of the Sciences.
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
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.
Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense.
With me everything turns into mathematics.
[Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.]
With me everything turns into mathematics.
[Fr., Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt.]