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Karl Weierstrass

(31 Oct 1815 - 19 Feb 1897)

German mathematician.

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Science Quotes by Karl Weierstrass (1)

It is true that a mathematician who is not somewhat of a poet, will never be a perfect mathematician.

— Karl Weierstrass

Quoted by Mittag-Leffler in Compte Rendu du Deuxième Congrès International des Mathématiciens (1902), 149. In Robert Edoward Moritz, Memorabilia Mathematica; Or, The Philomath's Quotation-book‎ (1914), 121.

See also: | Mathematician (66) | Perfect (5) | Poet (9)

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