Hermann Weyl quotes and words of wisdom |  | "We are not very pleased when we are forced to accept a mathematical
truth by virtue of a complicated chain of formal conclusions and
computations, which we traverse blindly, link by link, feeling our way by
touch. We want first an overview of the aim and of the road; we want to
understand the idea of the proof, the deeper context." | |  | Found in the topic Unsorted.
| | | "Without the concepts, methods and results found and developed by
previous generations right down to Greek antiquity one cannot understand
either the aims or achievements of mathematics in the last 50 years. [Said
in 1950]" | | | Found in the topic Mathematics.
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Interesting Quotes
Exterminate.The Daleks (Doctor Who)
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.George Bernard Shaw - Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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