The mathematician is a much rarer character in fiction than his cousin the scientist, and when he does appear in the pages of a novel or on the screen he is only too apt to be a slovenly dreamer totally devoid of common sense — comic relief.


Men of Mathematics (p. 8), Simon & Schuster. 1937

Eric Temple Bell Quotes

The mathematician is a much rarer character in fiction than his cousin the scientist, and when he does appear in the pages of a novel or on the...

The mathematician is a much rarer character in fiction than his cousin the scientist, and when he does appear in the pages of a novel or on the...

The mathematician is a much rarer character in fiction than his cousin the scientist, and when he does appear in the pages of a novel or on the...

The mathematician is a much rarer character in fiction than his cousin the scientist, and when he does appear in the pages of a novel or on the...