Nikolai Lobachevsky Professions : Mathematician Born : December 1, 1792 Died : February 24, 1856 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Nikolai Lobachevsky There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world. Nikolai Lobachevsky real math science In geometry I find certain imperfections which I hold to be the reason why this science, apart from transition into analytics, can as yet make no advance from that state in which it came to us from Euclid. Nikolai Lobachevsky imperfection transition effort Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematician All Authors