“If you ask ... the man in the street ... the human significance of mathematics, the answer of the world will be, that mathematics has given mankind a metrical and computatory art essential to the effective conduct of daily life, that mathematics admits of countless applications in engineering and the natural sciences, and finally that mathematics is a most excellent instrumentality for giving mental discipline... [A mathematician will add] that mathematics is the exact science, the science of exact thought or of rigorous thinking.” IfsThinkingMenWorldGivingHumansArtScienceAsksGivenNaturalAnswersStreetsMankindHe ManDisciplineEssentialsMathematicsAddExcellentDaily LifeSignificanceApplicationEngineeringMathematicianSelf DisciplineNatural ScienceExact Sciences Author:Cassius Jackson Keyser
“Mathematics is, in many ways, the most precious response that the human spirit has made to the call of the infinite.” WayHumansMadeSpiritInfiniteMathematicsResponseMathematicalHuman Spirit Author:Cassius Jackson Keyser
