Isadore Singer Professions : Professor of mathematics Born : April 24, 1924 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Isadore Singer I must admit that outside the university, it is difficult to be a pure mathematician. No one in my family understands what I do. My neighbors wonder why I spend all my time in my study scribbling with pencil on a yellow pad of paper instead of going outside to mow the lawn. Isadore Singer pads paper yellow I woke up to the world of science when my high school chemistry teacher introduced me to the elegantly ordered periodic table. Isadore Singer teaching teacher school It's true we pure mathematicians are connected to a different world. But it is a very real world nevertheless. Isadore Singer different real world Similar Authors Arthur Mattuck professor-of-mathematics Bernd Sturmfels professor-of-mathematics Des MacHale professor-of-mathematics Carl Benjamin Boyer professor-of-mathematics Morris Kline professor-of-mathematics Mark H. A. Davis professor-of-mathematics All Authors
