Tobias Dantzig Quotes

1884–1956 Latvia

Tobias Dantzig (February 19, 1884 – August 9, 1956) was a mathematician of Baltic German and Russian American heritage. His son, George Dantzig, is a key figure in the development of linear programming.

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In the history of mathematics, the "how" always preceded the "why," the technique of the subject preceded its philosophy.

Number: The Language of Science (1930)

To describe means to classify, and the man Poincaré defies classification, as does indeed his philosophy.

Henri Poincaré, Critic of Crisis: Reflections on His Universe of Discourse (1954)

The evolution of scientific thought is inseparable from the history of man's efforts to resolve the perplexities of his own existence.

Henri Poincaré, Critic of Crisis: Reflections on His Universe of Discourse (1954)

Mathematics fluourished as long as freedom of thought prevailed; it decayed when creative joy gave way to blind faith and fanatical frenzy.

The Bequest of the Greeks (1955)

Between the philosopher's attitude towards the issue of reality and that of the mathematician there is this essential difference: for the philosopher the issue is paramount; the mathematician's love for reality is purely platonic.

Number: The Language of Science (1930)

Poincaré was an artist par excellence. Estheticism with him was not a mere creed: it was a way of life.

Henri Poincaré, Critic of Crisis: Reflections on His Universe of Discourse (1954)

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