The faith of a mathematician

Last updated on: June 26, 2016 at 5:27 am

June 26, 2016 by Dan Peterson

Princeton's Nassau Hall, in the evening — Nassau Hall, on the campus of Princeton University, where Edward Nelson specialized in mathematical physics and mathematical logic. The world’s best Philly cheesesteak can be found just across the street. (Wikimedia Commons)

I rejoice that the sacred scriptures of our faith portray a God who listens to prayer, who loves us and longs to lead us. I rejoice that my chosen line of work, mathematics, has enabled me to bring into being new things that did not exist before, and to greet with wonder and awe many amazing inventions of my fellow workers. I rejoice that daily we live immersed in infinity, that we have the freedom not only to make choices but at times to be the agent, by will or by grace, to sing to the Lord a new song.

Edward Nelson (1932-2012), Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University

Posted from Brockwood Hall, Cumbria, England