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

2015.16.1.27

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: It has been written that the shortest and best way between two truths of the real domain often passes through the imaginary one. J. HADAMARD side 2: Much intellectual mediocrity can be and actually is concealed by some technique sufficiently recondite to discourage outside criticism. GEORGE SARTON