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
2015.16.1.33
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
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