George David Birkhoff Quote

It is to be hoped that in the future more and more theoretical physicists will command a deep knowledge of mathematical principles; and also that mathematicians will no longer limit themselves so exclusively to the aesthetic development of mathematical abstractions.


Mathematical Nature of Physical Theories, American Scientist, Volume 31, Number 4, October 1943 (p. 286)


It is to be hoped that in the future more and more theoretical physicists will command a deep knowledge of mathematical principles; and also that...

It is to be hoped that in the future more and more theoretical physicists will command a deep knowledge of mathematical principles; and also that...

It is to be hoped that in the future more and more theoretical physicists will command a deep knowledge of mathematical principles; and also that...

It is to be hoped that in the future more and more theoretical physicists will command a deep knowledge of mathematical principles; and also that...