Tag: David Hilbert

No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.

David Hilbert

Begin with the simplest examples.

David Hilbert

One hears a lot of talk about the hostility between scientists and engineers. I don’t believe in any such thing. In fact I am quite certain it is untrue… There cannot possibly be anything in it because neither side has anything to do with the other.

David Hilbert