Marcus du Sautoy Quote

It seems paradoxical that the fundamental objects on which we build our order-filled world of mathematics should behave so wildly and unpredictably.


The Music of the Primes, Chapter 2 (p. 45), HarperCollins Publisher, Inc. 2003


It seems paradoxical that the fundamental objects on which we build our order-filled world of mathematics should behave so wildly and unpredictably.

It seems paradoxical that the fundamental objects on which we build our order-filled world of mathematics should behave so wildly and unpredictably.

It seems paradoxical that the fundamental objects on which we build our order-filled world of mathematics should behave so wildly and unpredictably.

It seems paradoxical that the fundamental objects on which we build our order-filled world of mathematics should behave so wildly and unpredictably.