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“...beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell.”
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“He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his
tail.”
Niels H. Abel Quotes Source: about Gauss' mathematical writing style, in "Calculus Gems" by G.F. Simmons
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“[I]t would be better for the true physics if there were no
mathematicians on earth.”
Daniel Bernoulli Quotes Source: "The Mathematical Intelligencer" (vol. 13, no. 1)
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“A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he
has given.”
Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch Quotes Source: "A Mathematician's Miscellany" by J.E. Littlewood
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“I was x years old in the year x^2.”
Augustus de Morgan Quotes Source: when asked about his age, "In Mathematical Circles" by H. Eves
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“It is easier to square the circle than to get round a
mathematician.”
Augustus de Morgan Quotes Source: "In Mathematical Circles" by H. Eves
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“What is this frog and mouse battle among the mathematicians?”
Albert Einstein Quotes Source: in "Mathematical Circles Squared" by H. Eves
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“A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.”
Albert Einstein Quotes Source: in "Mathematical Circles Squared" by H. Eves
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“A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of
patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is
because they are made with ideas.”
Albert Einstein Quotes Source: in "Mathematical Circles Squared" by H. Eves
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