For many years I was the youngest among my mathematical friends. It makes me melancholy to realize that I now have become the oldest in most groups of scientists.


Chapter 2, Student Years, p. 37 - Adventures of a Mathematician - Third Edition (1991)

Stanislaw Ulam Quotes

For many years I was the youngest among my mathematical friends. It makes me melancholy to realize that I now have become the oldest in most groups...

For many years I was the youngest among my mathematical friends. It makes me melancholy to realize that I now have become the oldest in most groups...

For many years I was the youngest among my mathematical friends. It makes me melancholy to realize that I now have become the oldest in most groups...

For many years I was the youngest among my mathematical friends. It makes me melancholy to realize that I now have become the oldest in most groups...