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- https://math.libretexts.org/Courses/Coastline_College/Math_C104%3A_Mathematics_for_Elementary_Teachers_(Tran)/09%3A_Number_TheoryThey often think mathematics is just a bunch of facts – that it only has to do with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers. There is a story about a mathematician, David Hilbert...They often think mathematics is just a bunch of facts – that it only has to do with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers. There is a story about a mathematician, David Hilbert, who noticed that one of his students stopped attending class. When he was told that the student had decided to drop mathematics to become a poet, Hilbert replied, "Good – he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician."
- https://math.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Applied_Mathematics/Understanding_Elementary_Mathematics_(Harland)/08%3A_Number_TheoryThey often think mathematics is just a bunch of facts – that it only has to do with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers. There is a story about a mathematician, David Hilbert...They often think mathematics is just a bunch of facts – that it only has to do with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers. There is a story about a mathematician, David Hilbert, who noticed that one of his students stopped attending class. When he was told that the student had decided to drop mathematics to become a poet, Hilbert replied, "Good – he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician."
- https://math.libretexts.org/Courses/Hartnell_College/Mathematics_for_Elementary_Teachers/09%3A_Number_TheoryThey often think mathematics is just a bunch of facts – that it only has to do with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers. There is a story about a mathematician, David Hilbert...They often think mathematics is just a bunch of facts – that it only has to do with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers. There is a story about a mathematician, David Hilbert, who noticed that one of his students stopped attending class. When he was told that the student had decided to drop mathematics to become a poet, Hilbert replied, "Good – he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician."
