Reuben Hersh Quote

Proof serves many purposes simultaneously.... Proof is respectability. Proof is the seal of authority. Proof, in its best instance, increases understanding by revealing the heart of the matter. Proof suggests new mathematics... Proof is mathematical power, the electric voltage of the subject which vitalizes the static assertions of the theorems.

The Mathematical Experience, Proof (p. 151), Birkhäuser. 1981

Proof serves many purposes simultaneously.... Proof is respectability. Proof is the seal of authority. Proof, in its best instance, increases...

Proof serves many purposes simultaneously.... Proof is respectability. Proof is the seal of authority. Proof, in its best instance, increases...

Proof serves many purposes simultaneously.... Proof is respectability. Proof is the seal of authority. Proof, in its best instance, increases...

Proof serves many purposes simultaneously.... Proof is respectability. Proof is the seal of authority. Proof, in its best instance, increases...