The whole history of the development of mathematics has been a history of the destruction of old definitions... old hobbies, old idols.


American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 1, Number 1, 1894 (p. 74)

David Eugene Smith Quotes

The whole history of the development of mathematics has been a history of the destruction of old definitions... old hobbies, old idols.

The whole history of the development of mathematics has been a history of the destruction of old definitions... old hobbies, old idols.

The whole history of the development of mathematics has been a history of the destruction of old definitions... old hobbies, old idols.

The whole history of the development of mathematics has been a history of the destruction of old definitions... old hobbies, old idols.