Raymond Louis Wilder Professions : Mathematician Born : November 3, 1896 Died : July 7, 1982 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Raymond Louis Wilder Mathematics was born and nurtured in a cultural environment. Without the perspective which the cultural background affords, a proper appreciation of the content and state of present-day mathematics is hardly possible. Raymond Louis Wilder perspective math appreciation There is nothing mysterious, as some have tried to maintain, about the applicability of mathematics. What we get by abstraction from something can be returned. Raymond Louis Wilder abstraction mysterious math Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract subject in the early 1920's, it is today [1938] an indispensable equipment for the investigation of modern mathematical theories. Raymond Louis Wilder branches experience growth Similar Authors Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch mathematician Brahmagupta mathematician Augustus De Morgan mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician Atle Selberg mathematician Arthur Cayley mathematician All Authors
