G. H. Hardy Quote

I have myself always thought of a mathematician as in the first instance an observer, a man who gazes at a distant range of mountains and notes down his observations. His object is simply to distinguish clearly and notify to others as many different peaks as he can.

Musings of the Masters: An Anthology of Mathematical Reflections, Mathematical Proof (p. 59), Mathematical Association of America. Washington, D.C. 2004

I have myself always thought of a mathematician as in the first instance an observer, a man who gazes at a distant range of mountains and notes down...

I have myself always thought of a mathematician as in the first instance an observer, a man who gazes at a distant range of mountains and notes down...

I have myself always thought of a mathematician as in the first instance an observer, a man who gazes at a distant range of mountains and notes down...

I have myself always thought of a mathematician as in the first instance an observer, a man who gazes at a distant range of mountains and notes down...