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> [There are certainly people who regard √2 as something perfectly obvious but jib at √-1. This is because they think they can visualise the former as something in physical space but not the latter. Actually √-1 is a much simpler concept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/there-are-certainly-people-who-regard-2-as-something-perfectly/)

[Edward Charles Titchmarsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-charles-titchmarsh/)

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## More by Edward Charles Titchmarsh

> [There are certainly people who regard √2 as something perfectly obvious but jib at √-1. This is because they think they can visualise the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/there-are-certainly-people-who-regard-2-as-something-perfectly/)

[Edward Charles Titchmarsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-charles-titchmarsh/)

> [Algebra goes to the heart of the matter at it ignores the casual nature of particular cases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/algebra-goes-to-the-heart-of-the-matter-at-it-ignores-the-casual/)

[Edward Charles Titchmarsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-charles-titchmarsh/)

> [I met a man once who told me that far from believing in the square root of minus one, he didn't believe in minus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/i-met-a-man-once-who-told-me-that-far-from-believing-in-the-square/)

[Edward Charles Titchmarsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-charles-titchmarsh/)

> [Many of the proofs in mathematics are very long and intricate. Others, though not long, are very ingeniously constructed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/many-of-the-proofs-in-mathematics-are-very-long-and-intricate-others/)

[Edward Charles Titchmarsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-charles-titchmarsh/)

> [Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/perhaps-the-most-surprising-thing-about-mathematics-is-that-it-is-so/)

[Edward Charles Titchmarsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-charles-titchmarsh/)

> [It can be of no practical use to know that Pi is irrational, but if we can know, it surely would be intolerable not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/it-can-be-of-no-practical-use-to-know-that-pi-is-irrational-but-if-we/)

[Edward Charles Titchmarsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-charles-titchmarsh/)

> [Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. The rules which we make up at the beginning seem ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-charles-titchmarsh/perhaps-the-most-surprising-thing-about-mathematics-is-that-it-is-so-2/)

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