I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies more generally recognized, for good reasons or bad, as profitable and praiseworthy.


A Mathematician's Apology (ed. Cambridge University Press, 2012) - ISBN: 9781107604636


I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies more generally recognized, ...

I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies more generally recognized, ...

I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies more generally recognized, ...

I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies more generally recognized, ...