Kronecker, Leopold (1823 - 1891)
God made the integers, all else is the work of man.
Jahresberichte der Deutschen Mathematiker Vereinigung.
Kronecker, Leopold (1823-1891)
Number theorists are
like lotus-eaters --
having once tasted
of this food they
can never give it
up.
In H. Eves,
Mathematical Circles
Squared, Boston:
Prindle, Weber and
Schmidt, 1972.
Kraft, Prinz zu Hohlenlohe-Ingelfingen (1827 - 1892)
Mathematics is
indeed dangerous in
that it absorbs
students to such a
degree that it dulls
their senses to
everything else.
Attributed by Karl
Schellbach. In H.
Eves, Mathematical
Circles Adieu,
Boston: Prindle,
Weber and Schmidt,
1977.
Kovalevsky, Sonja
Say what you know,
do what you must,
come what may.
[Motto on her paper
"On the Problem of
the Rotation of a
Solid Body about a
Fixed Point"]
Koestler, Arthur (1905-1983)
Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power seems never to have occurred.
Koestler, Arthur (1905-1983)
In the index to the six hundred odd pages of Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History, abridged version, the names of Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes and Newton do not occur yet their cosmic quest destroyed the medieval vision of an immutable social order in a walled-in universe and transformed the European landscape, society, culture, habits and general outlook, as thoroughly as if a new species had arisen on this planet.
In G. Simmons, Calculus Gems, New York: McGraw Hill Inc., 1992.
Kline, Morris
Logic is the art of
going wrong with
confidence.
In N. Rose,
Mathematical Maxims
and Minims, Raleigh,
NC: Rome Press Inc.,
1988.
Kline, Morris
A proof tells us
where to concentrate
our doubts.
In N. Rose,
Mathematical Maxims
and Minims, Raleigh,
NC: Rome Press Inc.,
1988.
Kline, Morris
Statistics: the
mathematical theory
of ignorance.
In N. Rose,
Mathematical Maxims
and Minims, Raleigh,
NC: Rome Press Inc.,
1988.
Kleinhenz, Robert J.
When asked what it
was like to set
about proving
something, the
mathematician
likened proving a
theorem to seeing
the peak of a
mountain and trying
to climb to the top.
One establishes a
base camp and begins
scaling the
mountain's sheer
face, encountering
obstacles at every
turn, often
retracing one's
steps and struggling
every foot of the
journey. Finally
when the top is
reached, one stands
examining the peak,
taking in the view
of the surrounding
countryside and then
noting the
automobile road up
the other side!