Sunday, March 2, 2025

Recorde on needing numbers



 If number be lacking 

It maketh men dumb

So that to most questions 

They must answer mum 

The Ground of Arts - Robert Recorde

Recorde invented the equal sign in the mid-16th century and was an important English mathematician. I like this quote because ti presupposes that you need to have numbers to answer most questions. He would have made a good quant today. 

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