Peter K. Levy
Bertrand Russell
"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."
— Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Recent Work on the Principles of Mathematics," The International Monthly (July 1901)
Image: ["A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where heaven and Earth touch..."] The Flammarion Engraving by an unknown artist, from L'Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire (1888)
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-05-20
Bertrand Russell
"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."
— Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Recent Work on the Principles of Mathematics," The International Monthly (July 1901)
Image: ["A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where heaven and Earth touch..."] The Flammarion Engraving by an unknown artist, from L'Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire (1888)
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-05-20