When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
Puzzles are made of the things that the mathematician, no less than the child, plays with, and dreams and wonders about, for they are… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
The infinite in mathematics is always unruly unless it is properly treated. — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is surely safe.… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
There is a famous formula, perhaps the most compact and famous of all formulas - developed by Euler from a discovery of de Moivre:… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either imagination or… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
Mathematics is man's own handiwork, subject only to the limitations imposed by the laws of thought. — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
Mathematics is an activity governed by the same rules imposed upon the symphonies of Beethoven, the paintings of DaVinci, and the poetry of Homer. — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest paradox of all is that there are paradoxes in mathematics. — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the fundamentalism of… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
