Quote by: James Joseph Sylvester

May not music be described as the mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason? The musician feels mathematics, the mathematician thinks music: music the dream, mathematics the working life.


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Author Bio


  • NameJames Joseph Sylvester
  • DescriptionEnglish mathematician
  • AliasesJames Sylvester; Sylvester
  • BornSeptember 3, 1814
  • DiedMarch 15, 1897
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionMathematician; Actuary
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society; Copley Medal; Royal Medal