In the realm of ideas, of mental objects, those ideas whose properties are reproducible are called mathematical objects, and the study of… — Philip J. Davis Education Copy Share Image
One of the endlessly alluring aspects of mathematics is that its thorniest paradoxes have a way of blooming into beautiful theories. — Philip J. Davis Alluring Copy Share Image
The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans. — Philip J. Davis Catalyst Copy Share Image
The inner circle of pure mathematicians will respond to the book with delight. — Philip J. Davis Book Copy Share Image
Blindness to the aesthetic element in mathematics is widespread and can account for a feeling that mathematics is dry as dust, as… — Philip J. Davis Accounts Copy Share Image
Most writers on the subject seem to agree that the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on… — Philip J. Davis Agree Copy Share Image
One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World… — Philip J. Davis Chemist Copy Share Image
