If the NSF had never existed, if the government had never funded American mathematics, we would have half as many mathematicians as we now have, and I don't see anything wrong with that.


PAUL HALMOS Celebrating 50 Years of Mathematics: Celebrating 50 Years of Mathematics (ed. 1991)

Paul Halmos Quotes

If the NSF had never existed, if the government had never funded American mathematics, we would have half as many mathematicians as we now have, and...

If the NSF had never existed, if the government had never funded American mathematics, we would have half as many mathematicians as we now have, and...

If the NSF had never existed, if the government had never funded American mathematics, we would have half as many mathematicians as we now have, and...

If the NSF had never existed, if the government had never funded American mathematics, we would have half as many mathematicians as we now have, and...