Quote: von Neumann on Mathematics

Posted by Alex in Quote-a-Day, Science & Tech on January 5, 2008 at 8:02 pm


"In mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them."

– John von Neumann, mathematician (1903 – 1957)


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3 comments to "Quote: von Neumann on Mathematics"

  1. Pudifoot
    January 5th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    I have always loved math. It is the one pure subject. In every other subject, you have "maybes" and "we thinks". Math is the only subject that says "This is true! As True as Truth can be!" Einstein proved newton's theory of gravity wrong... but no-one will ever show that newton's calculus is wrong. not in one million years. math is forever.

  2. Johnny Cat
    January 6th, 2008 at 2:34 am

    This mantra could be applied to many fields, but I particularly like the reference here.

  3. VonSkippy
    January 6th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    Are you sure that quote was about math and not POLITICS?


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