Benjamin Peirce Quote

Gentlemen, we have not the slightest idea of what this equation means, but we may be sure that it means something very important.


In: J.L. Coolidge - The Number e, The American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 57, Number 9, November - 1950 (p. 591)


Gentlemen, we have not the slightest idea of what this equation means, but we may be sure that it means something very important.

Gentlemen, we have not the slightest idea of what this equation means, but we may be sure that it means something very important.

Gentlemen, we have not the slightest idea of what this equation means, but we may be sure that it means something very important.

Gentlemen, we have not the slightest idea of what this equation means, but we may be sure that it means something very important.