Re: OT: mathematicians (Was: Re: Results of Poll by Email No. 27)
| From: | JS Bangs <jaspax@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 8, 2003, 19:50 |
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> [2] After all, "mathematicians are just machines that turn coffee into
> theorems." -- YHL
Not to stead YHL's thunder, but I beleive this quote is properly
attributed to Paul Erdos. Or so I remember from ths fabulous biography
of him, _The Man Who Loved Only Numbers_.
http://www.paulerdos.com/
Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/
http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/blog
Jesus asked them, "Who do you say that I am?"
And they answered, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground
of our being, the kerygma in which we find the ultimate meaning of our
interpersonal relationship."
And Jesus said, "What?"
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