A Quote by Edward Charles Titchmarsh

Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising.

Edward Charles Titchmarsh

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Edward Charles Titchmarsh
British - Mathematician
June 1, 1899 - January 18, 1963

Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising. The rules which we make up at the beginning seem ordinary and inevitable, but it is impossible to foresee their consequences. These have only been found out by long study, extending over many centuries. Much of our knowledge is due to a comparatively few great mathematicians such as Newton, Euler, Gauss, or Riemann; few careers can have been more satisfying than theirs. They have contributed something to human thought even more lasting than great literature, since it is independent of language.

Edward Charles Titchmarsh

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