Occupation: Mathematician Birth: February 27, 1881 Death: December 2, 1966
...an incorrect theory, even if it cannot be inhibited by any contradiction that would refute it, is none the less incorrect, just as a criminal poli….
Mathematics is nothing more, nothing less, than the exact part of our thinking..
One cannot inquire into the foundations and nature of mathematics without delving into the question of the operations by which the mathematical activ….
The subject for which I am asking your attention deals with the foundations of mathematics. To understand the development of the opposing theories ex….
Beyond the natural numbers, addition, multiplication, and mathematical induction are intuitively clear..
Alas, the spheres of truth are less transparent than those of illusion..
The construction itself is an art, its application to the world an evil parasite..
Oil is seldom found where it is most needed, and seldom most needed where it is found..