David Hilbert (23 January 1862 – 14 February 1943) was a German mathematician.
He is recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and earl...
For us there is no ignorabimus, and in my opinion none at all in natural science. Rather than this foolish ignorabimus our slogan shall be: Wir müssen wissen, wir werden wissen! David Hilbert
For us there is no ignorabimus, and in my opinion none at all in natural science. Rather than this foolish ignorabimus our slogan shall be: Wir müssen wissen, wir werden wissen!
We must not believe those who today, with philosophical bearing and superior tone, prophesy the decline of culture and accept the ignorabimus principle. David Hilbert
We must not believe those who today, with philosophical bearing and superior tone, prophesy the decline of culture and accept the ignorabimus principle.
Physics is actually too hard for physicists. David Hilbert
Physics is actually too hard for physicists.
May the new century bring with it ingenious champions and many zealous and enthusiastic disciples. David Hilbert
May the new century bring with it ingenious champions and many zealous and enthusiastic disciples.
Is mathematics doomed to suffer the same fate as other sciences that have split into separate branches?… Mathematics is, in my opinion, an indivisible whole. David Hilbert
Is mathematics doomed to suffer the same fate as other sciences that have split into separate branches?… Mathematics is, in my opinion, an indivisible whole.
I didn’t work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that’s what I’d be doing later. David Hilbert
I didn’t work especially hard at mathematics at school, because I knew that’s what I’d be doing later.
Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of geometry. David Hilbert
Geometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of geometry.