Howard W. Eves quotes and words of wisdom |  | "One is hard pressed to think of universal customs that man has
successfully established on earth. There is one, however, of which he can
boast the universal adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numerals to record
numbers. In this we perhaps have man"s unique worldwide victory of an
idea." | |  | Found in the topic Mathematics.
| | | "Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior
composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as
persevering stone cutters slowly attempting to demolish the rock from the
outside with hammer and chisel. The later mathematicians resemble expert
miners who seek vulnerable veins, drill into these strategic places, and
then blast the rock apart with well placed internal charges." | | | Found in the topic Unsorted.
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Interesting Quotes
Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.Ben Bova
Big Brother is watching you.George Orwell - English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950)
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