
“To be great you must divorce yourself from your society and culture.”
Introduction, The Nature of Probability Theory, p. 3.
An Introduction To Probability Theory And Its Applications (Third Edition)
“To be great you must divorce yourself from your society and culture.”
Preface p. v
A History of Greek Mathematics (1921) Vol. 1. From Thales to Euclid
“The assumptions and definitions of mathematics and science come from our intuition”
Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)
Context: The assumptions and definitions of mathematics and science come from our intuition, which is based ultimately on experience. They then get shaped by further experience in using them and are occasionally revised. They are not fixed for all eternity.
Forward, as quoted by Mario Livio, Is God a Mathematician? (2009)
Ausdehnungslehre (1844)
Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)
As quoted in "Rumpole creator Mortimer dies at 85" by Sam Marsden and Chris Moncrieff, The Independent (16 January 2009)
Source: 1960s - 1980s, MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 3, p. 739