Timeline for Famous mathematical quotes
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| Dec 5, 2014 at 1:35 | comment | added | bof | The way I heard it: "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because I have stood in the footprints of giants." | |
| Jan 31, 2011 at 1:15 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | What was Gell-Mann's version? Something like, "If I have seen farther than others, it's because I'm surrounded by pygmies?" | |
| Dec 2, 2009 at 5:49 | comment | added | Ehud Friedgut | My version of this quote, after working my way backwards through a series of papers, each relying on the previous ones: If I can't see a darn thing it's because I stand on the shoulders of giants... | |
| Nov 30, 2009 at 3:02 | comment | added | John D. Cook | Along those lines, R. W. Hamming said "Mathematicians stand on each other’s shoulders while computer scientists stand on each other’s toes." | |
| Nov 29, 2009 at 20:50 | history | answered | Greg Kuperberg | CC BY-SA 2.5 |