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

THF169816 / Quotation Sign from Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond Exhibition, 1960-1961

THF169817 / Quotation Sign from Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond Exhibition, 1960-1961

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Information sign

Date Made

1960-1961

Creators

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond

Object ID

2015.16.1.22

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: 48 in

Inscriptions

side 1: Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something else entirely. GOETHE side 2: SIN 2 0 (with black slash) IS ODIOUS TO ME. K.F. GAUSS

Keywords	Information signs Installations (Exhibitions) Signs (Declaratory or advertising artifacts) Mathematicians Mathematics Quotations Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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