Salomon Bochner Quote

What indeed is mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer, not a satisfactory one; only part answers and observations can be attempted.


The Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Science, Chapter I (p. 13), Princeton University Press. 1966


What indeed is mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer, not a satisfactory one; only part answers and observations can be...

What indeed is mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer, not a satisfactory one; only part answers and observations can be...

What indeed is mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer, not a satisfactory one; only part answers and observations can be...

What indeed is mathematics? This question, if asked in earnest, has no answer, not a satisfactory one; only part answers and observations can be...