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Tobias Dantzig was a prominent mathematician born in February 1884 and died on August 9, 1956. He made significant contributions to the fields of number theory and algebraic geometry, and his work has had a profound impact on mathematicians who followed him.

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“The letter is susceptible of operations which enables one to transform literal expressions and thus to paraphrase any statement into a number of equivalent forms. It is this power of transformation that lifts algebra above the level of a convenient shorthand.”

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Book:Number: The Language of Science

Source: Number: The Language of Science

“And so matching by itself is incapable of creating an art of reckoning. Without our ability to arrange things in ordered succession little progress could have been made. Correspondence and succession, the two principles that permeate all mathematics - nay, all realms of exact thought - are woven into the very fabric of our number system.”

Source: Number, the Language of Science: A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-mathematician

“Mathematics is the supreme judge; from its decisions there is no appeal.”

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Book:Number: The Language of Science

Source: Number: The Language of Science

About the Author

Born: February 19, 1884
Died: August 9, 1956
Known for: Mathematician
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