One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.


Quoted in Mathematical Circles Revisited (1971) by Howard Whitley Eves

David Hilbert Quotes

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.

One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it.