Eric Temple Bell

Citas

• “Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.”

• “The cowboys have a way of trussing up a steer or a pugnacious bronco which fixes the brute so that it can neither move nor think. This is the hog-tie, and it is what Euclid did to geometry.”

• "Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics.

• “The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future; and should analysis ever appear to be without or blemish, its perfection might only be that of death.”

• “Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth; some of its rivals do.”

Los libros de Eric Temple Bell en orden

Los libros de Eric Temple Bell en el orden en que se publicaron, de Men of Mathematics (1900) a Historia de Las Matematicas (1997).

1. 1Men of MathematicsMen of Mathematics1900
2. 2The Cyclotomic Quinary QuinticThe Cyclotomic Quinary Quintic1912
3. 3An Arithmetical Theory of Certain Numerical FunctionsAn Arithmetical Theory of Certain Numerical Functions1915
4. 4Five Studies in MathematicsFive Studies in Mathematics1926
5. 5Algebraic ArithmeticAlgebraic Arithmetic1927
6. 6Green FireGreen Fire1928
7. 7Debunking ScienceDebunking Science1930
8. 8Mathematics, Queen and Servant of ScienceMathematics, Queen and Servant of Science1931
9. 9NumerologyNumerology1933
10. 10The Search for TruthThe Search for Truth1935
11. 11Men of Mathematics, Volume TwoMen of Mathematics, Volume Two1937
12. 12The Handmaiden of the SciencesThe Handmaiden of the Sciences1937
13. 13Man and His LifebeltsMan and His Lifebelts1938
14. 14The Development of MathematicsThe Development of Mathematics1940
15. 15The Time StreamThe Time Stream1946
16. 16The Magic of NumbersThe Magic of Numbers1947
17. 17Seeds of LifeSeeds of Life1951
18. 18The Crystal HordeThe Crystal Horde1952
19. 19The Last ProblemThe Last Problem1961
20. 20G.O.G. 666G.O.G. 6661963
21. 21Seeds of Life, and White LilySeeds of Life, and White Lily1966
22. 22Before the DawnBefore the Dawn1975
23. 23The Iron StarThe Iron Star1976
24. 24Historia de Las MatematicasHistoria de Las Matematicas1997