J. Robert Oppenheimer Quote

Today, it is not only that our kings do not know mathematics, but our philosophers do not know mathematics and—to go a step further—our mathematicians do not know mathematics.


'The Tree of Knowledge', Harper's Magazine, 1958


Today, it is not only that our kings do not know mathematics, but our philosophers do not know mathematics and—to go a step further—our...

Today, it is not only that our kings do not know mathematics, but our philosophers do not know mathematics and—to go a step further—our...

Today, it is not only that our kings do not know mathematics, but our philosophers do not know mathematics and—to go a step further—our...

Today, it is not only that our kings do not know mathematics, but our philosophers do not know mathematics and—to go a step further—our...