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Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Oxford
Title
The Alchemical Tree
Date
2015
Medium
fibreglass
Accession number
ART1
Work type
Sculpture
Inscription description
metal banners with cutout quotes in the branches: Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently / Democracy is when the people keep a government in check / Chaos / 'Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined / Accident / ind D = ch(E)A(X) / A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns / to search and Study out the secret of Nature by way of experiment
