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

THF169812 / 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

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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