The square root of 2 is like the Yeti or the Loch Ness monster, the snows of yesterday, the dusky ghost of the dusty window - it is not there, it cannot be found, it is not a part of the furniture of this or any other world.


A Tour of the Calculus, Chapter 5 (p. 34), Pantheon Books. 1995

David Berlinski Quotes

The square root of 2 is like the Yeti or the Loch Ness monster, the snows of yesterday, the dusky ghost of the dusty window - it is not there, it...

The square root of 2 is like the Yeti or the Loch Ness monster, the snows of yesterday, the dusky ghost of the dusty window - it is not there, it...

The square root of 2 is like the Yeti or the Loch Ness monster, the snows of yesterday, the dusky ghost of the dusty window - it is not there, it...

The square root of 2 is like the Yeti or the Loch Ness monster, the snows of yesterday, the dusky ghost of the dusty window - it is not there, it...