Ian Stewart Quote

Proofs knit the fabric of mathematics together, and if a single thread is weak, the entire fabric may unravel.


Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematical Imagination, Chapter 3 (p. 45), Basic Books, Inc. 1995


Proofs knit the fabric of mathematics together, and if a single thread is weak, the entire fabric may unravel.

Proofs knit the fabric of mathematics together, and if a single thread is weak, the entire fabric may unravel.

Proofs knit the fabric of mathematics together, and if a single thread is weak, the entire fabric may unravel.

Proofs knit the fabric of mathematics together, and if a single thread is weak, the entire fabric may unravel.