I woke up to the world of science when my high school chemistry teacher introduced me to the elegantly ordered periodic table. Isadore Singer More Quotes by Isadore Singer More Quotes From 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 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