Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation will close early at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 5 to host our Invention Convention Worldwide program.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Quotation Sign from Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond Exhibition, 1960-1961

THF169778 / Quotation Sign from Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond Exhibition, 1960-1961
01

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Information sign

Date Made

1960-1961

Location

Object ID

2015.16.1.21

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Iron alloy
Paint (Coating)
Polyvinyl chloride
Wood (Plant material)

Color

Black (Color)
White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 16 in
Width: 1 in
Length: 72 in

Inscriptions

side 1: THERE ARE MANY FACES TO THE MASK OF UNCERTAINTY. RICHARD BELLMAN side 2: I should rejoice to see… Euclid honorably shelved or buried 'deeper than did every plummet sound' out of the schoolboy's reach:… J. J. SYLVESTER
Quotation Sign from Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond Exhibition, 1960-1961