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Apt Quotes by Alfred North Whitehead
- The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. . . . We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and…
- The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment.
- It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. This statement is almost a tautology. For the energy of operation…
- The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the…
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