Mathematicians have a habit of studying, just for the fun of it, things that seem utterly useless; then centuries later their studies turn out to have enormous scientific value.


Mathematical Games, Scientific American, Volume 2, Number 2, February, 1961 (p. 146)

Martin Gardner Quotes

Mathematicians have a habit of studying, just for the fun of it, things that seem utterly useless; then centuries later their studies turn out to...

Mathematicians have a habit of studying, just for the fun of it, things that seem utterly useless; then centuries later their studies turn out to...

Mathematicians have a habit of studying, just for the fun of it, things that seem utterly useless; then centuries later their studies turn out to...

Mathematicians have a habit of studying, just for the fun of it, things that seem utterly useless; then centuries later their studies turn out to...