Wrong hypotheses, rightly worked from, have produced more useful results than unguided observations.
Lagrange, in one of the later years of his life, imagined that he had overcome the difficulty (of the parallel axiom). He went so far as to write a p… - Augustus De Morgan
Lagrange, in one of the later years of his life, imagined that he had overcome the difficulty (of the parallel axiom). He went so far as to write a p…
- Augustus De Morgan
We know that mathematicians care no more for logic than logicians for mathematics. The two eyes of science are mathematics and logic; the mathematica… - Augustus De Morgan
We know that mathematicians care no more for logic than logicians for mathematics. The two eyes of science are mathematics and logic; the mathematica…
Wrong hypotheses, rightly worked from, have produced more useful results than unguided observations. - Augustus De Morgan
Mathematicians care no more for logic than logicians for mathematics. - Augustus De Morgan
Mathematicians care no more for logic than logicians for mathematics.
The moving power of mathematical invention is not reasoning but imagination. - Augustus De Morgan
The moving power of mathematical invention is not reasoning but imagination.
I am perfectly convinced that I have both seen, and heard in a manner which should make unbelief impossible, things called spiritual which cannot be … - Augustus De Morgan
I am perfectly convinced that I have both seen, and heard in a manner which should make unbelief impossible, things called spiritual which cannot be …
I was x years old in the year x2. - Augustus De Morgan
I was x years old in the year x2.
I did not hear what you said, but I absolutely disagree with you. - Augustus De Morgan
I did not hear what you said, but I absolutely disagree with you.
It should seem that it is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician. - Augustus De Morgan
It should seem that it is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.
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