Ocupation: Mathematician
Life: 1911 - February 15, 2008
Birthday: 1911
Death: February 15
In mathematics, if a pattern occurs, we can go on to ask, Why does it occur? What does it signify? And we can find answers to these questions. In fact, for every pattern that appears, a mathematician feels he ought to know why it appears.
source: W. W. Sawyer (2012). “Prelude to Mathematics”, p.23, Courier Corporation