Mathematics: Art and Science

[摘要] The Mathematical Intelligencer Editor’s note: Apart fromsome minor changes, the following article is a translationof the text of a lecture delivered, in German, at the CarlFriedrich von Siemens Stiftung, Munich, on May 7, 1981,and, in a slightly modified form, as the first of three “PauliVorlesungen”, on February 1, 1982, at the Federal Schoolof Technology, Zurich.