“Statistically, it would seem improbable that any mathematician or scientist, at the age of 66, would be able through continued research efforts, to add much to his or her previous achievements. However I am still making the effort and it is conceivable that with the gap period of about 25 years of partially deluded thinking providing a sort of vacation my situation may be atypical. Thus I have hopes of being able to achieve something of value through my current studies or with any new ideas that come in the future.” ThinkingYearsMayStillsIdeasSeemsWould BeAgeAbleValuesEffortSituationStudyAchievePeriodsAchievementResearchScientistAddCurrentsGapsVacationProvidingNew IdeasMathematicianImprobableHaving HopeDeluded Author:John Forbes Nash
“The study of nature with a view to works is engaged in by the mechanic, the mathematician, the physician, the alchemist, and the magician; but by all as things now are with slight endeavour and scanty success.” ScienceNatureNaturalViewsStudyEngagedPhysiciansMathematicianMechanicMagicianEndeavourAlchemist Book:Translations of the philosophical works Source: Translations of the philosophical works
“I must admit that outside the university, it is difficult to be a pure mathematician. No one in my family understands what I do. My neighbors wonder why I spend all my time in my study scribbling with pencil on a yellow pad of paper instead of going outside to mow the lawn.” DifficultWonderStudyPurePaperMy FamilyUniversityNeighborMy TimeYellowMathematicianPencilsLawnsPads Author:Isadore Singer
“The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must reach a high standard in several different directions and must combine talents not often found together. He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher - in some degree. He must understand symbols and speak in words. He must contemplate the particular in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought. He must study the present in the light ofthe past for the purposes of the future” DifferentLightTogetherPastPurposeFoundSpeakTermStudyTalentParticularMastersDegreesStandardsPhilosopherFlightSymbolsCombinationAbstractHistorianConcreteContemplatingMathematicianEconomistStatesmenDifferent DirectionsHigh Standards Book:The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: Essays in biography Source: The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: Essays in biography