What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.


Chapter 15, Random Reflections on Mathematics and Science, p. 273-274 - Adventures of a Mathematician - Third Edition (1991)

Stanislaw Ulam Quotes

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.