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Plakatmotiv zur Mathe-Cartoon Ausstellung.
Isometric
Bertrand Russel was once asked whether he believed in God.
The immediate reply was, "Yes. Up to isomorphism."
(source: Mathematical Apocrypha Redux)
Fermat in a hurry
Today I read in the entertaining book of math anecdotes assembled by Steven G. Krantz that the following was scribbled on the wall of a New York City subway station: "I have just found a truly marvelous proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. But the train is coming and I don't have time to write it down."
Mathematicians during the third reich
I always feel ashamed and miserable when I read what happened during the third reich. This page about mathematicians during the third reich gives detailed information about what happened to many famous mathematicians during this inhuman time.