Intricate Quotes (2)
A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way 'trivial' mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original and surprising the moves, there is something essential lacking. Chess problems are unimportant The best mathematics is serious as well as beautiful—'important' ...
'A Mathematician's Apology', in James Roy Newman, The World of Mathematics (2000), 2029.
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Man's health and well-being depends upon, among many things, the proper functioning of the myriad proteins that participate in the intricate synergisms of living systems.
Nobel Prize Banquet Speech (10 Dec 1972).
See also: | Depend (2) | Function (11) | Health (62) | Life (169) | Myriad (2) | Protein (20) | System (18)
