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

Creators

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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