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Here is my picture of mathematics now. It is a ball of wool, a tangled hank where all mathematics react upon another in an almost unpredictable way. And then in this ball of wool, there are a certain number of threads coming out in all directions and not connecting with anything else. ... [T]he Bourbaki method is very simple: we cut the threads. Amer. Math. Monthly 77 (1970)    |
Loci: ConvergenceMathematical QuotationsOur library of quotations is organized alphabetically by surname of the author. Page: 1 of 2 | Next Jacobi, CarlMathematics is the science of what is clear by itself. Jacobi, CarlIt is often more
convenient to
possess the ashes of
great men than to
possess the men
themselves during
their lifetime. Jacobi, CarlThe real end of science is the honor of the human mind. Jacobi, CarlGod ever arithmetizes. Jacobi, CarlOne should always
generalize. Jacobi, CarlIt is true that Fourier had the opinion that the principal aim of mathematics was public utility and explanation of natural phenomena; but a philosopher like him should have known that the sole end of science is the honor of the human mind, and that under this title a question about numbers is worth as much as a question about the system of the world. James, William (1842 - 1910)The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. Jeans, Sir JamesFrom the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. Jeans, Sir JamesThe essential fact is that all the pictures which science now draws of nature, and which alone seem capable of according with observational facts, are mathematical pictures. Jefferson, Thomas[T]he science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic equation and the use of logarithms are often of value in ordinary cases: but all beyond these is but a luxury; a delicious luxury indeed; but not to be in indulged in by one who is to have a profession to follow for his subsistence. Page: 1 of 2 | Next |
