Herbert Turnbull Quotes

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Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God.

Herbert Turnbull

The usefulness of mathematics in furthering the sciences is commonly acknowledged: but outside the ranks of the experts there is little inquiry into its nature and purpose as a deliberate human activity. Doubtless this is due to the inevitable drawback that mathematical study is saturated with technicalities from beginning to end.

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The greatest mathematics has the simplicity and inevitableness of supreme poetry and music, standing on the borderland of all that is wonderful in Science, and all that is beautiful in Art.

Herbert Turnbull

There is a largeness about mathematics that transcends race and time: mathematics may humbly help in the market-place, but it also reaches to the stars.

Herbert Turnbull

Herbert Turnbull

Herbert Turnbull

Born: August 31, 1885

Died: May 4, 1961 (aged 75)

Bio: Prof Herbert Westren Turnbull FRS FRSE LLD was an English mathematician. From 1921 to 1950 he was Regius Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews.

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