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Richard Dedekind
(6 Oct 1831 - 12 Feb 1916)
German mathematician.
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Science Quotes by Richard Dedekind (2 quotes)
At that point, my sense of dissatisfaction was so strong that I firmly resolved to start thinking until I should find a purely arithmetic and absolutely rigorous foundation of the principles of infinitesimal analysis. … I achieved this goal on November 24th, 1858, … but I could not really decide upon a proper publication, because, firstly, the subject is not easy to present, and, secondly, the material is not very fruitful.
— Richard Dedekind
(1872). As quoted in Ernst Hairer and Gerhard Wanner, Analysis by Its History (2008), 177.
That which is provable, ought not to be believed in science without proof.
— Richard Dedekind
Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen? (1888), Preface, trans. Ivor Grattan-Guinness.
See also:
- 6 Oct - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Dedekind's birth.
- Essays on the Theory of Numbers, by Richard Dedekind, Wooster W. Beman (trans.). - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
