Martin Gardner

Citas

• “Mathemagical mathematics combines the beauty of mathematical structure with the entertainment value of a trick.”

• “There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.”

• “As I have often said, electrons and gerbils don't cheat. People do.”

• “Although Lewis Carroll thought of The Hunting of the Snark as a nonsense ballad for children, it is hard to imagine—in fact one shudders to imagine—a child of today reading and enjoying it.”

• “One takes comfort from the fact there is no Gresham's laws in science. In the long run, good science drives out bad.”