Mark Kac Quote

In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we are not careful, a great adventure of the mind will become yet another profession.

Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy (ed. 2009)

In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we...

In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we...

In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we...

In recent years we have become much more preoccupied with streamlining and organizing our subject than with maintaining its overall vitality. If we...