Philip J. Davis - One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War

One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World War III (may it never come) will be the mathematicians' war.

- Philip J. Davis

source: Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh, Elena Anne Marchisotto (1995). “The Mathematical Experience: Study Edition”, p.104, Springer Science & Business Media

topic: War, World, May