One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories.
Most writers on the subject seem to agree that the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays. - Philip J. Davis
Most writers on the subject seem to agree that the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays.
- Philip J. Davis
The inner circle of pure mathematicians will respond to the book with delight. - Philip J. Davis
The inner circle of pure mathematicians will respond to the book with delight.
One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories. - Philip J. Davis
In the realm of ideas, of mental objects, those ideas whose properties are reproducible are called mathematical objects, and the study of mental obje… - Philip J. Davis
In the realm of ideas, of mental objects, those ideas whose properties are reproducible are called mathematical objects, and the study of mental obje…
Blindness to the aesthetic element in mathematics is widespread and can account for a feeling that mathematics is dry as dust, as exciting as a telep… - Philip J. Davis
Blindness to the aesthetic element in mathematics is widespread and can account for a feeling that mathematics is dry as dust, as exciting as a telep…
The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans. - Philip J. Davis
The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans.
One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World War III (may it never come) will be the… - Philip J. Davis
One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World War III (may it never come) will be the…
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