Who would have imagined that something as straightforward as the natural numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...) could give birth to anything so baffling as the prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 11.)?


Jumping Champions, Scientific American, Volume 283, Number 6, December 2000 (p. 106)

Ian Stewart Quotes

Who would have imagined that something as straightforward as the natural numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...) could give birth to anything so baffling as the...

Who would have imagined that something as straightforward as the natural numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...) could give birth to anything so baffling as the...

Who would have imagined that something as straightforward as the natural numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...) could give birth to anything so baffling as the...

Who would have imagined that something as straightforward as the natural numbers (1, 2, 3, 4...) could give birth to anything so baffling as the...