Perhaps the greatest paradox of all is that there are paradoxes in mathematics.
The infinite in mathematics is always unruly unless it is properly treated. - Edward Kasner
The infinite in mathematics is always unruly unless it is properly treated.
- Edward Kasner
Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination… - Edward Kasner
Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination…
. . . we have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that … - Edward Kasner
. . . we have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that …
There is a famous formula, perhaps the most compact and famous of all formulas - developed by Euler from a discovery of de Moivre: e^(i pi) + 1 = 0..… - Edward Kasner
There is a famous formula, perhaps the most compact and famous of all formulas - developed by Euler from a discovery of de Moivre: e^(i pi) + 1 = 0..…
When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is surely safe. But when he tries to… - Edward Kasner
When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is surely safe. But when he tries to…
Mathematics is an activity governed by the same rules imposed upon the symphonies of Beethoven, the paintings of DaVinci, and the poetry of Homer. - Edward Kasner
Mathematics is an activity governed by the same rules imposed upon the symphonies of Beethoven, the paintings of DaVinci, and the poetry of Homer.
Puzzles are made of the things that the mathematician, no less than the child, plays with, and dreams and wonders about, for they are made of things … - Edward Kasner
Puzzles are made of the things that the mathematician, no less than the child, plays with, and dreams and wonders about, for they are made of things …
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas. - Edward Kasner
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas.
Perhaps the greatest paradox of all is that there are paradoxes in mathematics. - Edward Kasner
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