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Paul Erdös
(26 Mar 1913 - 20 Sep 1996)
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Science Quotes by Paul Erdös (5 quotes)
[On why are numbers beautiful?] It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don’t see why, someone can’t tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren’t beautiful, nothing is.
— Paul Erdös
Another roof, another proof.
[His motto, as an itinerant between mathematical friends’ houses at which he collaborated.]
[His motto, as an itinerant between mathematical friends’ houses at which he collaborated.]
— Paul Erdös
Every human activity, good or bad, except mathematics, must come to an end.
— Paul Erdös
Here I am: My brain is open.
[As an itinerant scholar, this was greeting he often gave, ready to collaborate, upon arrival at the home of any mathematician colleague.]
[As an itinerant scholar, this was greeting he often gave, ready to collaborate, upon arrival at the home of any mathematician colleague.]
— Paul Erdös
Mathematics is not yet ready for such problems.
— Paul Erdös
See also:
- 26 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Erdös's birth.
- The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos, by Paul Hoffman. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Paul Erdos.