“Even a pure mathematician may find his appreciation of this geometry [applied geometry] quickened, since there is no mathematician so pure that he feels no interest at all in the physical world; but, in so far as he succumbs to this temptation, he will be abandoning his purely mathematical position.” AppreciationMathematicianApplied ScienceApplicationsPhysical WorldPure MathematicsApplied Problem Solving Book:A Mathematician's Apology Source: A Mathematician's Apology