Gian-Carlo Rota Quote

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.


Indiscrete Thoughts (ed. 2009)


The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.

The pendulum of mathematics swings back and forth towards abstraction and away from it with a timing that remains to be estimated.