John Lighton Synge Quote

The modern mathematician weaves an intricate pattern of microscopic precision. To him, a false statement — an exception to a general statement — is an unforgiving sin. The heroic mathematician, on the other hand, paints with broad splashes of color, with a grand contempt for singular cases until they could no longer be avoided.


The Scripta Mathematica Studies Number 2, The Life and Early Works of Sir William Rowan Hamilton (p. 16)


The modern mathematician weaves an intricate pattern of microscopic precision. To him, a false statement — an exception to a general statement —...

The modern mathematician weaves an intricate pattern of microscopic precision. To him, a false statement — an exception to a general statement —...

The modern mathematician weaves an intricate pattern of microscopic precision. To him, a false statement — an exception to a general statement —...

The modern mathematician weaves an intricate pattern of microscopic precision. To him, a false statement — an exception to a general statement —...