Andrew M. Gleason Quote

Like the great temples of some religions, mathematics may be viewed only from the outside by those uninitiated into its mysteries.


Evolution of an Active Mathematical Theory, Science, Volume 145, Number 3631,31 July 1964 (p. 457)


Like the great temples of some religions, mathematics may be viewed only from the outside by those uninitiated into its mysteries.

Like the great temples of some religions, mathematics may be viewed only from the outside by those uninitiated into its mysteries.

Like the great temples of some religions, mathematics may be viewed only from the outside by those uninitiated into its mysteries.

Like the great temples of some religions, mathematics may be viewed only from the outside by those uninitiated into its mysteries.