Quotation Sign from Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond Exhibition, 1960-1961
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Information sign
Date Made
1960-1961
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond
Object ID
2015.16.1.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron alloy
Paint (Coating)
Polyvinyl chloride
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 16 in
Width: 1 in
Length: 48 in
Inscriptions
side 1:
Without mathematics one cannot fathom the depths of philosophy; without philosophy one cannot fathom the depths of mathematics; without the two one cannot fathom anything. BORDAS-DEMOULINS
side 2:
Mathematics is the predominant science of our time; its conquests grow daily, though without noise; he who does not employ it for himself, will some day find it employed against himself. J.F. HERBART
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