Friday, May 20, 2016

Quote of the Day for 2016-05-20


"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)

The Flammarion Engraving by an unknown artist, from L'Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire (1888)

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