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
2015.16.1.38
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:
… I do not hesitate to say that mathematics deserves to be cultivated for its own sake, and that the theories not admitting of application to physics deserve to be studied as well as others. H. POINCARE
Side 2:
THERE IS SOMETHING SUBLIME IN THE SECRECY IN WHICH THE REALLY GREAT DEEDS OF THE MATHEMATICIAN ARE DONE. THOMAS HILL
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