E. T. Bell
E. T. Bell
Eric Temple Bellwas a Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth7 February 1883
E. T. Bell quotes about
future mathematics unresolved
The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.
austere degenerate formulas incapable indeed neat pursuit quest quickly
The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.