Bernhard Riemann

1826–1866 · German mathematician

Topics: learning, mathematics

• [T]here may be several systems of matters of fact which suffice to determine the measure-relations of space—the most important... being that which Euclid has laid down as a foundation.

  — Bernhard Riemann

• Natural science is the attempt to comprehend nature by precise concepts.

  — Bernhard Riemann

• Newton was far from the crude thought that explanation of phenomena could be attained by abstraction.

  — Bernhard Riemann