Pure Inquiry Quotes

“To cultivate science only for its practical purpose is to despoil the soul of science.”
― Malba Tahan, The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

“The theory that we study today, and that appears to us impractical, might have implications in the future.... Who can imagine the repercussions of an enigma through the centuries?”
― Malba Tahan, The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures