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
2015.16.1.34
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:
…where a mathematical reasoning can be had, it's as great folly to make use of any other, as to grope for a thing in the dark, when you have a candle standing by you. ARBUTHNOT
side 2:
It is the embarassment of metaphysics that it is able to accomplish so little with the many things that mathematics offers her. IMMANUEL KANT
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