“We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.” MindRealitySpaceNumbersHumilityProductsMathematicsPropertyMathMathematical Author:Carl Friedrich Gauss
“The rest of Sitka's homicides are so-called crimes of passion, which is a shorthand way of expressing the mathematical product of alcohol and firearms.” WayPassionCrimeProductsAlcoholMathematicalFirearmsHomicideShorthandCrimes Of Passion Book:The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel Source: The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
“Why are we willing to accept a new mathematical formula we don't understand as the product of a brilliant mind, while rejecting a new art form we don't understand as the product of a deranged mind?” MindArtFormAcceptingWillingProductsBrilliantMathematicalFormulasRejectingDerangedBrilliant Minds Author:Sydney J. Harris