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

2015.16.1.33

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: 60 in

Inscriptions

side 1: Taking mathematics from the beginning of the world to the time when Newton lived, what he had done was much the better half. G. LEIBNIZ side 2: One of the chiefest triumphs of modern mathematics consists in having discovered what mathematics really is. BERTRAND RUSSELL
Quotation Sign from Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond Exhibition, 1960-1961