52.
Geometry
and
Experience
[Einstein 1921c]
Presented
27
January
1921
Published
1921
by
Julius
Springer
(Berlin)
Translation
from
Einstein,
Ideas and
Opinions,
trans. Sonja Bargmann
(New
York: Crown,
1982).
GEOMETRY
AND EXPERIENCE
Lecture
before
the Prussian
Academy
of Sciences, January
27,
1921. The last
part
appeared first
in
a
reprint
by
Springer,
Berlin,
1921.
[p.
123]
One
reason
why
mathematics
enjoys special
esteem,
above
all
other
sciences,
is
that
its
propositions are
absolutely
certain
and
indisputable,
while those of all other sciences
are
to
some
extent
debatable
and in
constant
danger of being overthrown
by
newly
discovered
facts.
In
spite
of
this,
the
investigator
in