“The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.Quote by E T BellTopics: Quotes about E T BellShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine...#E T Bell
It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting...#E T Bell
The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities...#E T Bell
Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of...#E T Bell
