Occupation: Mathematician Birth: June 28, 1875 Death: July 26, 1941
The only teaching that a professor can give, in my opinion, is that of thinking in front of his students..
In my opinion a mathematician, in so far as he is a mathematician, need not preoccupy himself with philosophy-an opinion, moreover, which has been ex….
... if one were to refuse to have direct, geometric, intuitive insights, if one were reduced to pure logic, which does not permit a choice among ever….
Mathematicians have never been in full agreement on their science, though it is said to be the science of self-evident verities -- absolute, indisput….