Eric Temple Bell Quote

That wretched monosyllable "all" has caused mathematicians more trouble than all the rest of the dictionary.


The Queen of the Sciences, Chapter X (p. 134), The Williams & Wilkins Company. 1931


That wretched monosyllable all has caused mathematicians more trouble than all the rest of the dictionary.

That wretched monosyllable all has caused mathematicians more trouble than all the rest of the dictionary.

That wretched monosyllable all has caused mathematicians more trouble than all the rest of the dictionary.

That wretched monosyllable all has caused mathematicians more trouble than all the rest of the dictionary.