Occupation: Mathematician Birth: March 26, 1913 Death: September 20, 1996
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems..
Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end..
God created two acts of folly. First, He created the Universe in a Big Bang. Second, He was negligent enough to leave behind evidence for this act, i….
If numbers aren't beautiful, I don't know what is..
Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems..
It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes..
The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove..
Végre nem butulok tovább (I've finally stopped getting dumber)..
Suppose aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year's time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue f….
God has the Big Book, the beautiful proofs of mathematical theorems are listed here..
Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know number….
Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education..
You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book..
There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is….
Here I am: My brain is open..
It is not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You should also have an open mind at the right time..
God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers..
There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave..
Finally I am becoming stupider no more..
A Mathematician is someone who can take a cup of coffee and turn it into a theory..
Some French socialist said that private property was theft... I say that private property is a nuisance..