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| Keywords: math mathematics truth bertrand russell bertrandrussell quote of the day quoteoftheday blackandwhite monochrome photo border texture drawing cartoon text black and white &quot;Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.&quot; — Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) &quot;Recent Work on the Principles of Mathematics,&quot; The International Monthly (July 1901) Image: [&quot;A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where heaven and Earth touch...&quot;] The Flammarion Engraving by an unknown artist, from L'Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire (1888) This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-05-20 #math #mathematics #truth #bertrandrussell #quoteoftheday "Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true." — Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Recent Work on the Principles of Mathematics," The International Monthly (July 1901) Image: ["A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where heaven and Earth touch..."] The Flammarion Engraving by an unknown artist, from L'Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire (1888) This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-05-20 #math #mathematics #truth #bertrandrussell #quoteoftheday Flammarion.jpg Assessments 1 The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in Camille Flammarion's L'atmosphère météorologie populaire 1888 The image depicts a man crawling under the edge of the sky depicted as if it were a solid hemisphere to look at the mysterious Empyrean beyond The caption underneath the engraving not shown here translates to A medieval missionary tells that he has found the point where heaven and Earth meet Camille Flammarion L'Atmosphere Météorologie Populaire Paris 1888 pp 163 1888 anonymous PD-old-100 <gallery> Image FlammarionWoodcut jpg Original version 1888 with the original caption Image Universum jpg Recoloured 1998 Image Flammarion-color png Recoloured 2015 </gallery> PD-old-100 Flammarion Woodcut <b>"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."</b> — <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" rel="nofollow">Bertrand Russell</a> (1872-1970) "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=1o5AAQAAMAAJ&q="Mathematics+may+be+defined+as+the+subject+in+which+we+never+know+what+we+are+talking+about+nor+whether+what+we+are+saying+is+true"&pg=PA84#v=onepage" rel="nofollow">Recent Work on the Principles of Mathematics</a>," <i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vTw6AQAAMAAJ&q="The+International+Monthly"&pg=PA495#v=onepage" rel="nofollow">The International Monthly</a></i> (July 1901) Image: ["A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where heaven and Earth touch..."] The <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_engraving" rel="nofollow">Flammarion Engraving</a></i> by an unknown artist, from <i><a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k408619m/f168.double" rel="nofollow">L'Atmosphère: Météorologie Populaire</a></i> (<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flammarion.jpg" rel="nofollow">1888</a>) <a href="http://thisnortheasternlife.blogspot.com/2016/05/quote-of-day-for-2015-05-20.html" rel="nofollow">This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-05-20</a> #math #mathematics #truth #bertrandrussell #quoteoftheday truth math mathematics bertrandrussell quoteoftheday | ||||
