Author Profession

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

Profession : Mathematician

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.

Profession : Mathematician

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers.

Profession : Mathematician

All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

Profession : Mathematician

Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.

Profession : Mathematician

If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?

Profession : Mathematician