James Joseph Sylvester Quotes:
Ocupation: Mathematician
Life: September 3, 1814 - March 15, 1897
Birthday: September 3
Death: March 15
Aspiring to these wide generalizations, the analysis of quadratic functions soars to a pitch from whence it may look proudly down on the feeble and vain attempts of geometry proper to rise to its level or to emulate it in its flights.
source: James Joseph Sylvester (2005). “The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester”, p.150, American Mathematical Soc.
topic: Analysis, Looks, Levels, Quadratics
