The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the fundamentalism of tomorrow.
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…
- Edward Kasner
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.
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…
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.
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas. - Edward Kasner
Mathematics is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas.
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..…
. . . 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 …
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 man's own handiwork, subject only to the limitations imposed by the laws of thought. - Edward Kasner
Mathematics is man's own handiwork, subject only to the limitations imposed by the laws of thought.
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