David Hilbert Quote

Mathematics is not a popular subject, even though its importance may be generally conceded. The reason for this is to be found in the common superstition that mathematics is but a continuation, a further development, of the fine art of arithmetic, of juggling with numbers.

In: D. Hilbert and S. Cohen-Vossen, Geometry and the Imagination (p. iv), Chelsea Publishing Company. 1952

Mathematics is not a popular subject, even though its importance may be generally conceded. The reason for this is to be found in the common...

Mathematics is not a popular subject, even though its importance may be generally conceded. The reason for this is to be found in the common...

Mathematics is not a popular subject, even though its importance may be generally conceded. The reason for this is to be found in the common...

Mathematics is not a popular subject, even though its importance may be generally conceded. The reason for this is to be found in the common...